Impact of a Booklet about Diabetes Genetic Susceptibility and Its Prevention on Attitudes towards Prevention and Perceived Behavioral Change in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Their Offspring
Table 3
Change in patientsβ attitude toward diabetes risk and its prevention in their offspring .
Items
Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
(%)
The worry about my offspring getting diabetes has increased.
28 (21.5)
51 (39.2)
36 (27.7)
11 (8.5)
4 (3.1)
I feel comforted because it turned out that diabetes can be prevented.
52 (40.0)
48 (36.9)
21 (16.2)
7 (5.4)
1 (0.8)
I should share my knowledge about diabetes with my offspring.
57 (43.8)
47 (36.2)
19 (14.6)
6 (4.6)
1 (0.8)
I found that I want to know more about heritability of diabetes.
55 (42.3)
42 (32.3)
26 (20.0)
5 (3.8)
2 (1.5)
I should be a model for my offspring for dietary and exercise habits.
