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Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is increasingly becoming a public health problem in developing countries like The Gambia. Prevention of diabetes and appropriate management of the disease largely depends on correct knowledge of the risk factors and signs and symptoms of the condition. However, studies that have...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35366807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02591-z |
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author | Nkoka, Owen Ntenda, Peter A. M. Phiri, Yohane V. A. Mabuza, Gugulethu N. Dlamini, Sihle A. |
author_facet | Nkoka, Owen Ntenda, Peter A. M. Phiri, Yohane V. A. Mabuza, Gugulethu N. Dlamini, Sihle A. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Diabetes is increasingly becoming a public health problem in developing countries like The Gambia. Prevention of diabetes and appropriate management of the disease largely depends on correct knowledge of the risk factors and signs and symptoms of the condition. However, studies that have assessed knowledge of diabetes at population level are limited. We examined the knowledge of diabetes risk factors, and signs and symptoms among Gambian adults. METHODS: The 2019–2020 Gambia demographic and health survey data was used to analyze 4, 436 men and 6, 186 women. Knowledge of diabetes was assessed two-fold: (1) diabetes risk factors and (2) diabetes signs and symptoms. Several sociodemographic factors were considered for analysis. A generalized estimating equation model was fitted to test the association between the selected sociodemographic factors and diabetes knowledge. RESULTS: Among the men, 7.6% and 3.1% had knowledge about diabetes risk factors, and signs and symptoms, respectively. Approximately 3.1% and 1.2% of the women included in the analysis had knowledge of diabetes risk factors, and signs and symptoms, respectively. Men who were aged ≥ 35 years were more likely to have knowledge regarding diabetes risk factors (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.12–3.22), and signs and symptoms (AOR = 2.59, 95% CI = 1.08–6.17). Having access to media was associated with increased odds of having knowledge regarding diabetes risk factors (AOR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.09–2.37) and signs and symptoms (AOR = 2.04, 95% CI = 1.07–3.88) among men. Among other factors, educational level was positively associated with having diabetes knowledge among both men and women. Heterogeneities regarding diabetes knowledge were observed among different regions and areas of residence. CONCLUSION: There is a need to improve awareness regarding diabetes in The Gambia as low knowledge has been observed. Programs aimed to improve diabetes knowledge should consider regional and area of residence variations in their designs. The use of mass media and strengthening the education sector in The Gambia may be of importance in raising diabetes knowledge among Gambian adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-89769992022-04-04 Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey Nkoka, Owen Ntenda, Peter A. M. Phiri, Yohane V. A. Mabuza, Gugulethu N. Dlamini, Sihle A. BMC Cardiovasc Disord Research BACKGROUND: Diabetes is increasingly becoming a public health problem in developing countries like The Gambia. Prevention of diabetes and appropriate management of the disease largely depends on correct knowledge of the risk factors and signs and symptoms of the condition. However, studies that have assessed knowledge of diabetes at population level are limited. We examined the knowledge of diabetes risk factors, and signs and symptoms among Gambian adults. METHODS: The 2019–2020 Gambia demographic and health survey data was used to analyze 4, 436 men and 6, 186 women. Knowledge of diabetes was assessed two-fold: (1) diabetes risk factors and (2) diabetes signs and symptoms. Several sociodemographic factors were considered for analysis. A generalized estimating equation model was fitted to test the association between the selected sociodemographic factors and diabetes knowledge. RESULTS: Among the men, 7.6% and 3.1% had knowledge about diabetes risk factors, and signs and symptoms, respectively. Approximately 3.1% and 1.2% of the women included in the analysis had knowledge of diabetes risk factors, and signs and symptoms, respectively. Men who were aged ≥ 35 years were more likely to have knowledge regarding diabetes risk factors (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.90, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.12–3.22), and signs and symptoms (AOR = 2.59, 95% CI = 1.08–6.17). Having access to media was associated with increased odds of having knowledge regarding diabetes risk factors (AOR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.09–2.37) and signs and symptoms (AOR = 2.04, 95% CI = 1.07–3.88) among men. Among other factors, educational level was positively associated with having diabetes knowledge among both men and women. Heterogeneities regarding diabetes knowledge were observed among different regions and areas of residence. CONCLUSION: There is a need to improve awareness regarding diabetes in The Gambia as low knowledge has been observed. Programs aimed to improve diabetes knowledge should consider regional and area of residence variations in their designs. The use of mass media and strengthening the education sector in The Gambia may be of importance in raising diabetes knowledge among Gambian adults. BioMed Central 2022-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8976999/ /pubmed/35366807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02591-z Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Nkoka, Owen Ntenda, Peter A. M. Phiri, Yohane V. A. Mabuza, Gugulethu N. Dlamini, Sihle A. Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey |
title | Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey |
title_full | Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey |
title_fullStr | Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey |
title_short | Knowledge of diabetes among Gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey |
title_sort | knowledge of diabetes among gambian adults: evidence from a nation-wide survey |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976999/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35366807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-022-02591-z |
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