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Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has increased globally, with a significant increase noted in African communities. Self-care health-related behavior is determined by beliefs about health and illness which are based on the person?s knowledge of diabetes. The present study aimed to assess patients' diabetes awareness and level of diabetes knowledge in Zimbabwean adults with diabetes attending an outpatient diabetes clinic at a main referral hospital., Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, the Diabetes Knowledge Test (DKT) was used to measure 96 (71 women and 25 men) patients' knowledge of diabetes and their treatment. Both descriptive and analytic statistical methods were used., Results: Most respondents had poor knowledge in all the three knowledge categories, total knowledge of diabetes, general knowledge of diabetes and knowledge of insulin use. Major knowledge gaps were noted related to insulin use, glycemic control and diet. Attending DM classes was significantly associated with general knowledge about diabetes (p 0.026) while the level of education was an independent determinant of Total Knowledge and Insulin use knowledge scores., Conclusion: The identified knowledge gaps need to be addressed to control and minimize diabetes mellitus-related complications.

Objectives: To identify undiagnosed diabetes and its complications in local South East Asian communities in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK. Materials and methods: We, the public health organisation with the collaboration of Diabetes UK, organised six diabetes awareness events from May 2015 to July 2016, for the local South East Asian communities in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK. The Diabetes UK comprehensive pre-diabetes risk assessment was performed by a Diabetes UK qualified team. Results: A large number of individuals participated in these events; most of the participants were diagnosed, diabetic or pre-diabetic as new cases. Conclusion: Organizing diabetes awareness events, including pre-diabetes risk assessments, werefound to be a very useful approach to identify people with undiagnosed diabetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Background: A good knowledge about diabetes could lead to early diagnosis and improved management. Objective: To evaluate the level of diabetes awareness in Cameroonians, and to identify factors that influence this awareness. Methods: In subjects aged ≥25 years (n =1000, 93.4% of response), details regarding risk factors, symptoms, treatment and complications of type 2 diabetes were collected. One mark was attributed to each true answer and a global diabetes awareness score was computed. Influence of age, gender, educational level, occupational level, notion of a relative having a chronic condition and presence of chronic disease were analyzed. Results: Eighty percent of subjects scored more than the total mean score. The highest score obtained by participants (0.10%) was 28/30. The mean total score was higher in men (p <0.02) and in subjects with a relative having a chronic condition (p <0.001). In multivariate analyses, age classes (p <0.01), educational level (p <0.001) and relatives with a chronic condition (p <0.001) were associated to the global diabetes awareness score. Conclusions: Diabetes awareness was generally good. This may be due to the fact that the study was conducted in an area where health promotion and health education on diabetes have been intensively delivered for the past 4 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]