IJMDC. 2021; 5(3): 954-961
Authors: Amani Abualnaja, Nadeef Alqahtani, Jood Alnojaidi, Dalal Aldossari, Yara Aldosari, Shuruq Alkhalaf, Amal Alnafisi.
Background: Saudi Arabia is ranked the second highest, in the Middle East, for the prevalence of diabetes. People carry out blood glucose self-monitoring with diabetes to measure their blood sugar using a glycemic reader. Still, the accuracy could be affected by few factors, such as unwashed hands. The present study aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practice of pseudo-hyperglycemia effects of unwashed hands among type 2 diabetes patients in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: This cross-sectional study assessed the knowledge, attitude, and practice of pseudo-hyperglycemia effects of unwashed hands among 394 participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged 40 and older in King Salman bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The data were analyzed by Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software, 2017. Chi-squared test was used to attain a p-value between categorical data, both dependent and independent, to estimate the association where p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Among the studied subjects, 58.4% (n = 230) of the participants had knowledge about the pseudo-hyperglycemia effect of unwashed hands, 68.8% (n = 271) always washed their hands. Regarding attitude, 71.1% (n = 280) agreed that there was a relationship between unwashed hands and wrong reading. The only significant factor that could increase the risk of pseudo-hyperglycemia effect of unwashed hands was gender (p = 0.037). And the characteristics that could be associated with adequate knowledge are age (p = 0.049), gender (p = 0.011), and nationality (p = 0.016). Conclusion: The study deduces the importance of washing hands before using a blood glucose meter to prevent pseudo-hyperglycemia, despite using alcohol swabs. Therefore, we recommend all people with type 2 diabetes to wash hands before using a glucose meter.
Keywords:
Diabetes, glucose meter, hand washing, pseudo-hyperglycemia, self-monitoring of blood glucose.
Abualnaja A, Alqahtani N, Alnojaidi J, Aldossari D, Aldosari Y, Alkhalaf S, Alnafisi A. Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2021; 5(3): 954-961. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja A, Alqahtani N, Alnojaidi J, Aldossari D, Aldosari Y, Alkhalaf S, Alnafisi A. Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. http://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=45219 [Access: April 22, 2021]. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja A, Alqahtani N, Alnojaidi J, Aldossari D, Aldosari Y, Alkhalaf S, Alnafisi A. Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. 2021; 5(3): 954-961. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja A, Alqahtani N, Alnojaidi J, Aldossari D, Aldosari Y, Alkhalaf S, Alnafisi A. Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC. (2021), [cited April 22, 2021]; 5(3): 954-961. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja, A., Alqahtani, . N., Alnojaidi, . J., Aldossari, . D., Aldosari, . Y., Alkhalaf, . S. & Alnafisi, . A. (2021) Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. IJMDC, 5 (3), 954-961. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja, Amani, Nadeef Alqahtani, Jood Alnojaidi, Dalal Aldossari, Yara Aldosari, Shuruq Alkhalaf, and Amal Alnafisi. 2021. Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 5 (3), 954-961. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja, Amani, Nadeef Alqahtani, Jood Alnojaidi, Dalal Aldossari, Yara Aldosari, Shuruq Alkhalaf, and Amal Alnafisi. "Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 5 (2021), 954-961. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja, Amani, Nadeef Alqahtani, Jood Alnojaidi, Dalal Aldossari, Yara Aldosari, Shuruq Alkhalaf, and Amal Alnafisi. "Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia." International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries 5.3 (2021), 954-961. Print. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
Abualnaja, A., Alqahtani, . N., Alnojaidi, . J., Aldossari, . D., Aldosari, . Y., Alkhalaf, . S. & Alnafisi, . A. (2021) Knowledge, attitude, and practice: crosssectional study of pseudo-hyperglycemia and effects of unwashed hands among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries, 5 (3), 954-961. doi:10.24911/IJMDC.51-1610776355
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