Safe Travel Practices and Awareness among Diabetic Patients

Table 2

Knowledge and practice of patients with diabetes (n = 242).

Variable	N (%)
Knowledge
Source of information
Nurse	33 (14.1)
Books	19 (8.1)
Internet	55 (23.5)
Television	13 (5.6)
Others	14 (6)
None	124 (53)
Reason for pretravel doctor visit
Travel distance	60 (25.9)
Travel duration	74 (31.9)
Travel risks	50 (21.5)
Other	26 (15)
Telling partner about condition (yes)	205 (87.6)
Changing insulin dose
Correct answers	27 (11.2)
Source of care abroad
Hotel staff	29 (12.2)
Embassy	45 (18.9)
General practitioner	132 (55.5)
Others	22 (9.2)
Source of medications abroad
Hotel staff	8 (3.4)
Embassy	15 (6.4)
Pharmacy	141 (59.7)
General practitioner	35 (14.8)
Old prescription	38 (16.1)
Others	4 (1.7)
Practice
Seeking medical consultation before travel	81 (33.6)
Reasons for consultation
Monitoring	44 (53.7)
Insulin dose	27 (32.9)
Medication dose	27 (32.9)
Letter for insulin	7 (8.5)
Vaccinations	1 (1.2)
Travel medication	8 (9.8)
Destination	7 (8.5)
Others	1 (1.2)
Management issues (yes)	54 (22.5)
Issues
Blood tests	10 (20)
Dosage	5 (10)
Meals	34 (68)
Others	5 (10)
Carrying identification	19 (7.9)
Carrying snacks	163 (67.6)
Carrying medications	230 (95)
Carrying a first aid kit	102 (42.3)
DM influences destination	31 (12.8)
DM influences mode of transportation	44 (18.2)
Self-monitoring
More than usual	54 (22.5)
Per usual	133 (55.4)
Less than usual	53 (22.1)
Self-control
Good	38 (15.8)
Per usual	76 (31.7)
Poor	126 (52.5)
Complications (yes)	50 (20.7)
Types of complications
Hyperglycemia	26 (52)
Hypoglycemia	27 (54)
Wound inflammation	5 (10)
Others	1 (2)
Symptoms of infection
Vomit	15 (6.2)
Diarrhea	15 (6.2)
Fever	15 (6.2)
Cough	32 (13.2)
Rhinitis	14 (5.8)
Skin rash	8 (3.3)
Others	9 (3.7)
None	160 (66.1)