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Preventive advice given by patients with type 2 diabetes to their offspring
- Source :
- British Journal of General Practice. 59:37-42
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Royal College of General Practitioners, 2009.
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Abstract
- Background Patients' advice-giving behaviour could be a useful preventive strategy for type 2 diabetes. Aim To investigate the conditions under which patients offer advice to their offspring and to assess the factors that facilitate advice giving. Design of study Cross-sectional observational study. Setting A general hospital with a diabetes clinic in a metropolitan suburb in Japan. Method Parents with type 2 diabetes ( n = 221) who had offspring aged 20–49 years inclusive without diabetes completed a self-administered questionnaire containing items relating to advice-giving behaviour, demographic characteristics, risk perception, and their disease status. Results A total of 184 (83.3%) patients responded that parental advice-giving behaviour is needed for their offspring, while 138 (62.4%) actually advised their offspring. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that patients who were female (odds ratio [OR] = 1.94, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03 to 3.65, P = 0.041), living with their offspring (OR =1.92, 95% CI = 1.04 to 3.57, P = 0.038), had complications (OR = 2.74, 95% CI = 1.25 to 6.00, P = 0.029), or perceived that their offspring had a high risk of developing diabetes (OR =1.45, 95% CI = 1.09 to 1.93, P = 0.011) were most likely to advise their offspring. Conclusion Patients with type 2 diabetes recognised the need to give advice about preventive behaviour to their offspring but were not necessarily engaging in advice-giving behaviour. Advice-giving behaviour was affected by the parents' own disease status, their perception of their offspring's risk of developing diabetes, and the relationship between the patients and their offspring.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
Offspring
Cross-sectional study
Type 2 diabetes
Young Adult
Japan
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Diabetes mellitus
Humans
Medicine
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Parent-Child Relations
Young adult
Health Education
Life Style
business.industry
Odds ratio
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Original Papers
Confidence interval
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Regression Analysis
Female
Health education
Family Practice
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14785242 and 09601643
- Volume :
- 59
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- British Journal of General Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....37f5f693885f47553e4b07924141068f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp09x394842