Aims

Diabetes mellitus may impair an individual’s fitness to drive. In this study, we explore health care providers’ (HCPs) knowledge of problems associated with diabetes and driving, and evaluate the consistency of counseling on driving safety for patients with diabetes.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey-based study among HCPs in Saudi Arabia. We designed a web-based questionnaire to collect demographic data, assess HCPs’ knowledge of driving and diabetes and their compliance with driving safety regulations, and meet Diabetes Canada’s and the British Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s recommendations. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis.

Results

We received 389 responses to the questionnaire. The majority of the respondents were consultants (38.8%), worked in governmental institutes (72.2%), and managed more than 30 patients weekly (34.4%). Only 5.7% of HCPs correctly answered all the driving safety questions. Diabetes educators and general practitioners had the fewest correct answers (p-value 0.03).

About 12.6% of HCPs stated that they always counseled their patients about driving safety strategies.

Conclusion

HCPs’ education in problems associated with diabetes and driving should be improved to ensure quality counseling for their patients.

中文翻译：

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糖尿病与驾驶安全：一项针对沙特阿拉伯医疗保健专业人员的调查

宗旨

糖尿病可能会损害个人的驾驶适应性。在这项研究中，我们探索了医疗保健提供者 (HCP) 对糖尿病和驾驶相关问题的了解，并评估了糖尿病患者驾驶安全咨询的一致性。

方法

我们在沙特阿拉伯的 HCP 中进行了一项基于横断面调查的研究。我们设计了一个基于网络的问卷来收集人口统计数据，评估 HCP 对驾驶和糖尿病的了解以及他们对驾驶安全法规的遵守情况，并满足加拿大糖尿病协会和英国驾驶员和车辆执照局的建议。使用描述性统计和卡方分析对数据进行分析。

结果

我们收到了 389 份问卷回复。大多数受访者是顾问 (38.8%)，在政府机构工作 (72.2%)，每周管理超过 30 名患者 (34.4%)。只有 5.7% 的 HCP 正确回答了所有驾驶安全问题。糖尿病教育工作者和全科医生的正确答案最少（p 值为 0.03）。

大约 12.6% 的 HCP 表示，他们总是向患者提供有关驾驶安全策略的咨询。

结论

应改进 HCP 对糖尿病和驾驶相关问题的教育，以确保为其患者提供高质量的咨询。