Attitudes of patients with Type 2 diabetes and nurses who care for diabetic patients to the disease

The study was performed as a descriptive study in the internal medicine and endocrinology clinics of governmental hospital between December 2021 and March 2022 to evaluate the attitudes of patients with Type 2 diabetes and the nurses caring for these patients. Power analysis was performed to determine a sample size. A total of 210 volunteers, including 105 patients and 105 nurses, were included in the study. Necessary permissions were obtained before the research. The data of the study collected with a questionnaire created for patients and nurses and Diabetes Attitude Scale. Scale items were scored with likert-type scoring ranging from 1 to 5. A score of > 3 indicates a positive attitude, and a score of ≤3 indicates a negative attitude. Obtained data were analyzed with t test, one-way ANOVA, Kruskal Wallis, Chi-square, Mann Whitney U test, Pearson Spearman correlation coefficients. It was determined that 56,2% of the patients participating in the study were male, 31,4% were illiterate and 34,3% were using oral antidiabetic drugs, the mean age was 55,40±9,52 years and the mean duration of diabetes was 10,27±6,68 years. It was determined that the Diabetes Attitude Scale total scores of female patients were significantly higher than male patients. The attitudes of the patients were negative. The highest attitude among the subgroups of Diabetes Attitude Scale was found in the severity of diabetes subgroup, and the lowest attitude was found in the special education requirement subgroup. It was determined that 81% of the nurses participating in the study were women, 87,6% of them received undergraduate/graduate education, 23,8% worked during the day and 76,2% worked in shifts. It was determined that the attitudes of the nurses were also negative. It was determined that the highest attitude was the effect of diabetes on the patient's life subgroup, and the lowest attitude was the special education requirement subgroup of the diabetes attitude scale subgroups. It is thought that improving the negative attitudes of patients and nurses and supporting their positive attitudes will contribute to successful diabetes management Keywords: Patient; Nurse; Attitude; Type 2 diabetes.