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Impact of Health Education Program for Management of Diabetes Ketoacidosis on Physician Awareness

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background:The outcomes of DKA patients could be significantly boosted by raising the physician's suspicion of early symptoms, effectively managing the ongoing DKA condition or its complications as soon as possible, and closely monitoring the controlled patients. Several studies have evaluated the role of interventional programs in improving physicians' knowledge regarding DKA. Aim: We aimed to assess the impact of implementing a health education program based on the ISPAD 2014 guidelines on improving pediatricians' awareness and knowledge of DKA diagnosis, management, and complications in children. Subjects and Methods: This was a quasi-experimental (pre-post interventional) study conducted at EL Nasr Hospital, Port Said, Egypt. The study included 28 pediatricians and their knowledge was assessed prior to and following the education program. Results: In general, the education program has significantly increased pediatricians' scores when assessed just after and 3 months following the program (P<0.001). Interestingly, we found that the scores of male pediatricians were significantly higher than their female counterparts only in the pretest test (p=0.017). Meanwhile, the differences in scores between different post-graduation degrees at different time points were insignificant. Moreover, physicians' knowledge was not correlated with their age or the duration of their experience. Conclusions: The educational program has boosted the pediatricians' knowledge regarding DKA diagnosis, monitoring, complications, and treatment.
 

DOI

10.21608/scumj.2023.323936

Keywords

diabetes, Evaluation, Knowledge, Doctors

Authors

First Name

Haidy M.

Last Name

El-Shaabany

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Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Port Fouad Governmental Hospital, Port Said, Egypt

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haidyshabany1988@outlook.com

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port said

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First Name

Mohamed

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El-Kalioby

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Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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First Name

Mona

Last Name

Karem

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Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Endocrine and Diabetes Division, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt

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dr_mona1@ymail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-8316-884X

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Rasha

Last Name

Farghaly

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Department of Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt.

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Volume

26

Article Issue

9

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44148

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-10-30

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2023-09-01

Page Start

40

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50

Print ISSN

1110-6999

Online ISSN

2090-2581

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SCUMJ_Volume 26_Issue 9_Pages 40-50.pdf

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https://scumj.journals.ekb.eg/article_323936.html

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Suez Canal University Medical Journal

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Impact of Health Education Program for Management of Diabetes Ketoacidosis on Physician Awareness

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24 Dec 2024