The KAP Of Community Medical Personnel In Changsha As To Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Intervention

Objective To investigate the basic situation of knowledge, attitude and practice(KAP) about the diabetes mellitus intervention (DMI) in Changsha communities medical personnel, discuss the relationship between these three variables as well as the influential factors about the DMI knowledge, and provide the theoretical basis and the practical guide to develop the DMI and the related training progammme for the communities medical personnel.Methods By stratified cluster sampling method, the medical personnel from 21 community health service centers in five districts of Changsha had been stochastically enrolled in this study. There were 250 volunteers who accepted the investigations and filled in the questionnaires, 250 questionnaires were retrieved, of which 234 effective records, the effective retrieve-ratio: 93.60%. The questionnaire was composed with two parts: the demographic information questionnaire and the self-designed questionnaire of medical staffs' KAP on DMI in Changsha communities. The statistical data were analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 13.0, and the statistical methods used were: descriptive statistics, independent-samples t Test, completely random design analysis of variance, rank-sum test, Pearson correlation analysis and multiple stepwise regression.Results 1. On average, the medical staffs in communities scored 25.66 points on the knowledge of DMI. The knowledge on DMI in this population varied with age, educational background and professional title (p<0.05).2. The average score on attitude and practice of DMI were 19.85 and 10.26, respectively.3. Pearson correlation analysis showed that there were positive correlation between knowledge and attitude of DMI(r=0.232), as well as knowledge and practice of DMI(r=0.162) (P<0.05).4. The major factors influencing the knowledge of DMI for medical staffs in communities were attitude and educational background as well as whether they would initially guide the diabetic patients or not.Conclusion 1. On the whole, the medical staffs in communities were short of knowledge concerning DMI, and the major factors influencing the knowledge of DMI for them in communities were attitude and educational background as well as whether they would initially guide the diabetic patients or not.2. The average score on the attitude of DMI of the medical staffs was higher than the score of practice of DMI.3. As far as the medical staff in community are concerned, the knowledge, attitude and practice of DMI are positively correlated.