Knowledge of A1c Predicts Diabetes Self-Management and A1c Level among Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

This study was to identify current A1c understanding status among Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes, assess if knowledge of A1c affects their diabetes self-management and their glycemic control and recognize the factors influencing knowledge of A1c among patients with type 2 diabetes. A multi-ce...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-03, Vol.11 (3), p.e0150753-e0150753
Main Authors: Yang, Shengnan, Kong, Weimin, Hsue, Cunyi, Fish, Anne F, Chen, Yufeng, Guo, Xiaohui, Lou, Qingqing, Anderson, Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Biology and Life Sciences
Blood Glucose - metabolism
Care and treatment
Chinese medicine
Demographics
Demography
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood
Education
Female
Glucose
Glycated Hemoglobin A - metabolism
Glycemic index
Health care facilities
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hospitals
Humans
Knowledge
Logistic Models
Male
Management
Medicine and Health Sciences
Metabolism
Middle Aged
Nursing
Patient education
Patients
People and Places
Regression models
Self Care
Social Sciences
Systematic review
Training
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:This study was to identify current A1c understanding status among Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes, assess if knowledge of A1c affects their diabetes self-management and their glycemic control and recognize the factors influencing knowledge of A1c among patients with type 2 diabetes. A multi-center, cross-sectional survey was conducted between April and July 2010 in 50 medical centers in the Mainland China. Participants were recruited from inpatients and outpatients who were admitted to or visited those medical centers. The survey included core questions about their demographic characteristics, diabetes self-management behavior, and A1c knowledge. Overall, of 5957 patients, the percentage of patients with good understanding was 25.3%. In the multivariable logistic regression model, the variables related to the knowledge of A1c status are presented. We discovered that patients with longer diabetes duration (OR = 1.05; 95%CI = 1.04-1.06) and having received diabetes education (OR = 1.80; 95%CI = 1.49-2.17) were overrepresented in the good understanding of A1c group. In addition, compared to no education level, higher education level was statistically associated with good understanding of A1c (P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0150753