Aims

To achieve better treatment decisions, type 2 diabetes patients need to be empowered also through knowledge increase. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the level of knowledge and overall perceptions of type 2 diabetes within the elderly diabetic patients before and after the National Diabetes Prevention and Care Development Programme 2010–2020.

Methods

Diabetes knowledge test was used in two cross-sectional studies in 2011 and 2020 where the samples of type 2 diabetes patients 65+ were surveyed. Besides descriptive statistics, non-parametric tests and general linear model were used to compare the level of knowledge.

Results

The comparison reveals that in the last decade the general knowledge about diabetes has not significantly changed (U = 16942, p = 0.809). The average scores in 2011 and 2020 were 7.98 ± 2.41 and 7.96 ± 2.36 respectively. The average level of knowledge has slightly worsened for patients in the age group 80+, while it remained approximately the same in the other three age groups (65−69, 70−74, 75−79).

Conclusions

Our study has shown that despite the National Diabetes Prevention and Care Development Programme the knowledge of elderly diabetic patients in Slovenia remained at the same level or worsened.

中文翻译：

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2011-2020年斯洛文尼亚老年糖尿病患者糖尿病知识水平变化

宗旨

为了做出更好的治疗决策，2 型糖尿病患者还需要通过知识增长来增强他们的能力。本研究的目的是评估和比较 2010-2020 年国家糖尿病预防和护理发展计划之前和之后老年糖尿病患者对 2 型糖尿病的知识水平和整体认知水平。

方法

糖尿病知识测试用于 2011 年和 2020 年的两项横断面研究，其中调查了 65 岁以上的 2 型糖尿病患者样本。除了描述性统计外，还使用非参数检验和一般线性模型来比较知识水平。

结果

比较显示，在过去十年中，关于糖尿病的一般知识没有显着变化（U = 16942，p = 0.809）。2011年和2020年的平均分分别为7.98±2.41和7.96±2.36。80 岁以上患者的平均知识水平略有下降，而其他三个年龄组（65-69、70-74、75-79）的平均知识水平保持不变。

结论

我们的研究表明，尽管实施了国家糖尿病预防和护理发展计划，但斯洛文尼亚老年糖尿病患者的知识水平保持不变或有所恶化。