Diabetic Rural Women’s Attitudes toward Diabetes in Iran

Abstract

For controlling chronic disease as diabetes, the attitude toward the disease is important. The aim of this study was to evaluate diabetic rural women’s attitude toward their disease. This cross-sectional study was done on the women with diabetes referred to the health center in a village, East Azarbayjan, Iran, 2019. The Diabetes Attitudes Questionnaire (DAS) was applied to assess diabetic rural women’s attitude. Totally 85patients participated in our study. The mean attitude score was76.27 ± 6.81. There was a positive correlation between the score of patients’ attitudes and their educational level.