Learning Needs Assessment Related to Management of Diabetes: A systematic review

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder, which is related to multiple etiologies that lead to defects of insulin secretion, insulin action or a combination of both. diabetic patients have an inadequate level of knowledge about DM will lead to poor management which negatively affects patients outcomes, quality of life, and satisfaction. Therefore the purpose of this review was to investigate the patients' knowledge about diabetes mellitus and its management in different areas of knowledge which include causes, symptoms and complications of diabetes mellitus in addition to the areas of disease management which are feet care, monitoring, meal planning, exercise and diabetic medications.