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<journal-meta>
<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
<journal-title-group>
<journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
<issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">384</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2025.50104</article-id>
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<article-categories>
<subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
<subject>Family Medicine</subject>
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</article-categories>
<title-group>
<article-title>Assessment of Ramadan Education and Knowledge among Diabetic Patients in Taif City
</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alfaran</surname>
<given-names>Raed</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Mubark</surname>
<given-names>Ali</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Altowairqi</surname>
<given-names>Rawan M.</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Altowairqi</surname>
<given-names>Ruba M.</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alkhadidi</surname>
<given-names>Shomoq J.</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>D</surname>
<given-names>Manar</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Almutairi</surname>
<given-names/>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Althagafi</surname>
<given-names>Shoug K.</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Alameen</surname>
<given-names>Maram A.</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Al-Khammsh</surname>
<given-names>Alaa M.</given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<pub-date pub-type="ppub">
<day>19</day>
<month>01</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>5</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>31</fpage>
<lpage>41</lpage>
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
<license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p>Introduction: Understanding diabetes management during Ramadan is crucial for diabetic patients for effective interventions. This study aimed to assess Ramadan education and knowledge among diabetic patients in Taif City
Methodology: a cross-sectional study was done on 389 diabetic patients using an online questionnaire. Data about patients’ demographics, dietary habits, physical activity, type and duration and DM treatment, comorbidities, changes in time and dose of drug administration, experience of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia and their management during fasting were collected.
Results: 27.2% had an age >50 years, 63% were females, 87.1% had comorbidity, 54.5% had DM type 1, 36.8% had DM duration of 1-5 years and 87.7% were fasting during Ramadan. During Ramadan, 32.1% were not eating sweets, 37.3% were not taking their Suhoor late and 84.6% and 82.8% were aware of the symptoms of hyper and hypoglycemia respectively. Most of them (73.8%) received instructions and knowledge about DM during Ramadan and 67.9% were willing to know more. Of them, 60.2% had a good overall awareness level about Ramadan education and knowledge and good overall awareness was significantly higher among those not having comorbidity, or heart diseases, with type 1 DM, on insulin, who maintain control of glucose levels during Ramadan, who experience the symptoms of hypo or hyperglycemia and check blood glucose levels if symptoms of hypo or hyperglycemia develop.
Conclusion: despite the adequate overall awareness, the results highlight the need to raise diabetics awareness of diabetes and diabetic self-care techniques in Ramadan.
</p>
</abstract>
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<kwd>assessment</kwd>
<kwd> Ramadan</kwd>
<kwd> education</kwd>
<kwd> knowledge</kwd>
<kwd> diabetic</kwd>
<kwd> Taif</kwd>
</kwd-group>
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</front>
</article>