Diabetes knowledge and associated factors in adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

• Published in: BMC endocrine disorders Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Zemba, Daniel, Sagna, Yempabou, Traore, Solo, Zoungrana, Lassane, Somé, D. Patricia, Kissou, S. Aimée, Guira, Oumar, Yaméogo, Téné Marceline
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 30.09.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Age; Analysis; Blood sugar; Burkina Faso; Children & youth; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus (insulin dependent); Drug dosages; Education, Higher; Glucose; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Hyperglycemia; Hypoglycemia; Insulin; Internal medicine; Knowledge; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Multivariate analysis; Parents & parenting; Patient education; Patients; Public health; Questionnaires; Sex ratio; Surveys; Teenagers; Type 1 diabetes knowledge; Type 2 diabetes; Young adults; Youth; France; Sub-Saharan Africa; Burkina Faso; Africa
• ISSN: 1472-6823; 1472-6823
• DOI: 10.1186/s12902-023-01469-1

Background Type 1 diabetes (T1D) in youth is becoming a public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Burkina Faso. However, little is known about the level of knowledge of these patients on T1D. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of diabetes in adolescents and young adults about th...