Impact of Diabetes Continuing Education on Knowledge and Practice of Diabetes Care among Health Care Professionals in Yemen
Salmeen D. Babelgaith
Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Mansour Almetwazi
Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Syed Wajid *
Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Saeed Alfadly
Qassim University, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed M Shaman
Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed N. Al-Arifi
Clinical Pharmacy Department, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the Impact of diabetes continuing education on knowledge and practice of diabetes care among health care professionals in Yemen.
Methods: A quasi-experimental study was carried out among health care professionals. The original questionnaire consisted of 22 multiple choice questions. A total of 73 HCPs received continuing education (CE) intervention. Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) was assessed using a validated questionnaire.
Results: The result showed that majority of the HCPs has a good general knowledge on diabetes and its managements prior to the CE program. Evaluation of the general knowledge score of the HCPs found some improvement in the knowledge score, however the improvement was not significant (p=0.31). The result of this study found that HCPs has good knowledge on monitoring the sign, symptoms and laboratory parameters.
Conclusion: Evaluation of the knowledge score on Goal of Diabetes Management of HCPs found significant (p=0.024) improvement in the knowledge score. The results indicated that the lab values were rated as the most important in the goal for the treatment of diabetes patients. The study also found no significant difference in practice score after CE program among HCPs.
Keywords: Diabetes, education, knowledge, practice, healthcare professionals