The level of knowledge of diabetic prevention in Poland – is there a phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance?

• Authors: Katarzyna Pawlak-Sobczak , Wojciech Drygas , Magdalena Kwaśniewska , Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk , Andrzej Pająk , Krystyna Kozakiewicz , Tomasz Zdrojewski , Marcin Rutkowski , Andrzej Tykarski , Wojciech Bielecki

Abstracts

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ObjectivesThe main aim of this work is to assess the level of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes in the Polish society, as well as to indicate the variables that have a significant impact on that knowledge.Material and MethodsThe analysis is based on the results of the National Multicenter Health Survey – WOBASZ II. The number of subjects surveyed was 6170, including 2760 men and 3410 women, aged 20–74 years. Data on socio-demographic variables, lifestyle and subjective health assessment were collected using the face-to-face technique.ResultsThe results obtained in the WOBASZ II project showed that >85% of the respondents had an unsatisfactory level of knowledge about diabetes prevention methods and approximately to 85% of the respondents – about the consequences of untreated diabetes. Moreover, one-fourth of the respondents were unable to identify a single way of preventing diabetes, and more than one-third could not identify a single disease caused by diabetes. The risk of a lack of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes is more common for men, people with a low level of education, not married, non-diabetic, and without diagnosed diabetes in the family.ConclusionsThe presented results indicate that there is an prevailing lack of knowledge about diabetes prevention and the consequences of untreated diabetes in the Polish society. It is associated with several variables like: sex, level of education, age, marital status, subjective health assessment and diabetes diagnosed in the respondent and/or in the respondent’s family.

Keywords

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diabetes; level of knowledge; health literacy; WOBASZ II; diabetic prevention; questionnaire interview technique

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 667-678

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

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Katarzyna Pawlak-Sobczak

• Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Social Pathologies)

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Wojciech Drygas

• Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Warsaw, Poland (Institute of Cardiology, Department of Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)

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Magdalena Kwaśniewska

• Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Preventive Medicine)

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Elżbieta Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk

• Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics)

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Andrzej Pająk

• Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Kraków, Poland (Department of Epidemiology and Population Studies, Institute of Public Health)

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Krystyna Kozakiewicz

• Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (Department and Clinic of Cardiology)

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Tomasz Zdrojewski

• Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland (Department and Clinic of Hypertension and Diabetology)

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Marcin Rutkowski

• Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland (Department and Clinic of Hypertension and Diabetology)

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Andrzej Tykarski

• Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland (Department and Clinic of Hipertensiology Angiology and Internal Medicine)

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Wojciech Bielecki

• Medical University of Lodz, Łódź, Poland (Department of Social Pathologies)

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01746

Biblioteka Nauki

2095497