Introduction: Nurses are valuable care providers to people with diabetes, yet day-to-day diabetes management most heavily relies on self-care practice. Inaccurate self-perceptions of diabetes knowledge among nurses may be linked to inadequate adherence to self-care practice among people with diabetes. Methods: The present study is a rapid review of perceived and actual diabetes care-related knowledge among nurses since an unusual inverse correlation of perceived and actual knowledge was first reported by Drass and colleagues in 1989. Results: Seventeen studies in 10 countries met the eligibility criteria for full review. Discussion: Low-to-moderate positive correlations revealed a discrepancy between perceived and actual knowledge among various nursing fields. Conclusion: Nurses with an accurate assessment of their own diabetes knowledge may be better equipped to not only treat people with diabetes, but also promote self-care practice through formal or informal interaction.
{"title":"Comparing perceived and actual diabetes knowledge among nurses: A rapid review","authors":"Colter K. Clayton, Brooklyn Clayton","doi":"10.57177/idn.v17.334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.57177/idn.v17.334","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Nurses are valuable care providers to people with diabetes, yet day-to-day diabetes management most heavily relies on self-care practice. Inaccurate self-perceptions of diabetes knowledge among nurses may be linked to inadequate adherence to self-care practice among people with diabetes.\u0000Methods: The present study is a rapid review of perceived and actual diabetes care-related knowledge among nurses since an unusual inverse correlation of perceived and actual knowledge was first reported by Drass and colleagues in 1989.\u0000Results: Seventeen studies in 10 countries met the eligibility criteria for full review.\u0000Discussion: Low-to-moderate positive correlations revealed a discrepancy between perceived and actual knowledge among various nursing fields.\u0000Conclusion: Nurses with an accurate assessment of their own diabetes knowledge may be better equipped to not only treat people with diabetes, but also promote self-care practice through formal or informal interaction.","PeriodicalId":492395,"journal":{"name":"International diabetes nursing","volume":" 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141673419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}