Nurses' attitudes towards diabetes in tertiary care: A cross-sectional study

Ali Hassan Alhaiti; Mohammed Senitan; Selvanaayagam Shanmuganathan; Cliff Dacosta; Linda Katherine Jones; George Binh Lenon

doi:10.1002/nop2.334

Nurses' attitudes towards diabetes in tertiary care: A cross-sectional study

Nurs Open. 2019 Jul 23;6(4):1381-1387. doi: 10.1002/nop2.334. eCollection 2019 Oct.

Authors

Ali Hassan Alhaiti^{1

2}, Mohammed Senitan^{3

4}, Selvanaayagam Shanmuganathan⁴, Cliff Dacosta¹, Linda Katherine Jones¹, George Binh Lenon¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Health and Biomedical Sciences RMIT University Melbourne Victoria Australia.
² Nursing Department King Fahad Medical City Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences Saudi Electronic University Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Menzies Centre for Health Policy, Sydney School of Public Health University of Sydney Sydney New South Wales Australia.

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the attitude and training of nurses in Saudi Arabia towards the care of patients with diabetes.

Design: A cross-sectional study.

Methods: Data were collected in 2016 from 1,695 participants at the King Fahad Medical City using the Diabetes Attitude Scale version 3.

Results: Most nurses had not received diabetes training. The agreement score of nurses for the requirement of special training for the management of diabetes is high; the survey found that most nurses were aware of the psychological effect of diabetes. However, the low agreement regarding the perception of the seriousness of diabetes among nurses and the valuing of self-care attributes such as tight control of glycaemic level in patients with diabetes indicates the need for diabetes training.

Keywords: attitude; diabetes; diabetes attitude scale; healthcare providers; nurses; nursing practice; tertiary care; type 2 diabetes.