Pediatric diabetes inpatient care: can medical staff knowledge be improved?
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Galia Barash
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Gila Lavy
Abstract
Background
The purpose of this study was to assess the benefit of a short workshop addressing knowledge and confidence of inpatient caregivers (physicians and nurses) treating pediatric type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients.
Methods
Questionnaires to determine familiarity with T1DM management and confidence in care were distributed at three university-affiliated medical centers. A 5-h practical-skills workshop was conducted at one center. Same questionnaires were filled out immediately after the workshop and 3 months later. Evaluation of knowledge was based on 16 multiple-choice questions, and confidence based on 10 categorical questions.
Results
Nurses and physicians (total 135, 106 women, 85 nurses) completed the questionnaires. The median knowledge score was 53.33 (40–66) and 46.7 (26.7–66.7) for nurses and physicians, respectively (p = 0.76). The confidence scores were 1.44 (1.1–1.9) and 1.56 (1.2–1.8), respectively (p = 0.7). More experience among nurses (>10 years) was associated with higher confidence scores (p = 0.04). Twenty-one physicians and 52 nurses, 66 women, attended the workshop. The median knowledge grade improved from 60 (47–67) to 81 (69–81), p < 0.001, immediately after, and to 69 (63–81), p < 0.001, 3 months post-workshop. The median confidence score improved from 1.8 (1.6–2) to 2.4 (2.1–2.6), p < 0.001, and to 2.2 (2–2.6), p < 0.001, respectively. There was no association with profession or seniority.
Conclusions
Knowledge and confidence in care of medical staff treating inpatient T1DM pediatric patients are lacking. Both improved significantly after the workshop, independent of seniority or profession.
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank Dr. Ziv Tomer from the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University, for the statistical analysis, and Camille Vainstein for editorial and language assistance.
Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Employment or leadership: None declared.
Honorarium: None declared.
Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.
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- Frontmatter
- Mini Review
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- Original Articles
- Quantitation of the arginine family amino acids in the blood of full-term infants perinatally in relation to their birth weight
- Effect of supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids on hypertriglyceridemia in pediatric patients with obesity
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- Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan among older children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in Kuwait
- Evaluation of the relationship between short-term glycemic control and netrin-1, a urinary proximal tubular injury marker in children with type 1 diabetes
- Incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes children in western Saudi Arabia: 11-year experience
- Novel mutations and spectrum of the disease of NR0B1 (DAX1)-related adrenal insufficiency in Indian children
- Metabolic profile, cardiovascular risk factors and health-related quality of life in children, adolescents and young adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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