Investigation of the Perception of Nurses and Patients from Tension Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in Tabriz Education Centers, 2013

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Abstract: Introduction: The differences in the understanding of diabetes patients and health care staffs about psychological problems in patient with diabetes can be faced planning for the care of these patients with difficulty, in the literature review, no study was found that has investigated the understanding of the patients and medical personnel from psychological problems related to diabetes. Thus, the purpose of this study was to compare the perception of nurses and diabetic patients about tension associated with diabetes in patients with type 2 diabetes. Method: in this descriptive-comparison study that was conducted in the internal wards of their educational hospitals affiliated to Tabriz University of medical sciences, 105 patients with type diabetes and 101 nurses participated by convenience sampling. For date collection from researcher made check list and problems with diabetes” questionnaires were used, software SPSS version 13 and t-test for independent samples was used for statistical analysis. Results: the findings showed that the reported total score of tension by patients was 46 and a reported score by nurses was 65 that this difference was statistically significant (p= 0.001). Also, except for one item in other cases, nurses also reported tension level of the patients with diabetes more than themselves. Conclusion: Existence of differences between view point of the patients with diabetes and nurses about the tension levels in patients with diabetes can create disturbance in providing of tension level in patients with diabetes can create disturbance in providing of nursing care for these patients. More studies are needed to investigate the reasons for such differences.