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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Hyperuricemia and Gout in Community Health Workers and Patients with Diabetes.
- Source :
- Healthcare (2227-9032); Jun2024, Vol. 12 Issue 11, p1072, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Hyperuricemia exhibits a high incidence among individuals with diabetes; however, the significance of hyperuricemia and gout is often underestimated. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of hyperuricemia and gout among community health workers and patients with diabetes. Two questionnaires were designed to investigate knowledge, attitudes, and practices of hyperuricemia and gout among community health workers and patients with diabetes in Chenghua District, Chengdu, from August 2021 to January 2022. A total of 709 community health workers were included, whose average score was 17.74/30. Approximately half of general practitioners (GPs) demonstrated knowledge regarding the target serum uric acid levels for hyperuricemia and gout. Only 11.2% of GPs were fully aware of the preferred medicine for acute gout. The majority of GPs (86.7%) demonstrated limited awareness regarding the contraindications associated with colchicine, while a significant proportion (65.1%) lacked knowledge about the specific classes of drugs that inhibit uric acid synthesis. Among the 508 patients with diabetes included in this survey, 32.3% demonstrated awareness of hyperuricemia, while 60.8% exhibited knowledge regarding gout. The average score attained by these individuals was recorded at 7.21 out of a total of 26 points. The majority of patients with diabetes (87.8%) held the mistaken belief that hyperuricemia definitely led to the development of gout. Almost 66% agreed that a massage or a hot compress could be used when acute gouty arthritis attacks. The knowledge rate of hyperuricemia and gout among community health workers was moderate, while it was low in patients with diabetes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- DIABETES risk factors
DIABETES complications
HEALTH literacy
PATIENT education
RISK assessment
LIFESTYLES
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH funding
QUESTIONNAIRES
HYPERTENSION
STATISTICAL sampling
MULTIPLE regression analysis
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
HYPERURICEMIA
COLCHICINE
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
MANN Whitney U Test
GOUT
ATTITUDES of medical personnel
URIC acid
COMMUNITY health workers
HEALTH education
MASSAGE therapy
COMPARATIVE studies
DATA analysis software
CONFIDENCE intervals
PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
DISEASE complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Healthcare (2227-9032)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177864584
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12111072