KIẾN THỨC VỀ DINH DƯỠNG VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH ĐÁI THÁO ĐƯỜNG TYPE 2 ĐIỀU TRỊ NGOẠI TRÚ TẠI BỆNH VIỆN ĐA KHOA ĐÔNG ANH, HÀ NỘI NĂM 2020

Abstract

Nutrition knowledge plays an important role in the prevention and treatment of diabetes
mellitus. The study aimed to describe nutrition knowledge and some related factors
among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method: Cross-sectional descriptive
research was conducted on 440 outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Dong Anh
General Hospital, Hanoi - using pre-designed questionnaire interview method. Results:
The rate of patients having good knowledge on nutrition was 47%. This proportion was
higher in married people than people with other marital status (51.7% versus 27.4%).
The rate of patients who had received nutrition communication had the rate of good
knowledge of 52.5% compared to 32.8% of those who had not. Conclusion: Nutrition
knowledge of the study subjects was quite limited, there was a relationship between
nutritional knowledge and marital status, comorbidities, and access to nutrition communication.