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The association between diabetes numeracy and diabetes self-management among Saudi adults with insulin-treated diabetes

Hiba Y. Alruhaim, Turky H. Almigbal, Joud S. Almutairi, Muhammad H. Mujammami, Turki A. AlMogbel, Abdullah A. Alrasheed, Abdullah M. Al Zahrani and Mohammed A. Batais
Saudi Medical Journal May 2021, 42 (5) 517-525; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.5.20200422
Hiba Y. Alruhaim
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Turky H. Almigbal
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Joud S. Almutairi
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Muhammad H. Mujammami
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Turki A. AlMogbel
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah A. Alrasheed
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah M. Al Zahrani
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Batais
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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vol. 42 no. 5 517-525
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.5.20200422
PubMed 
33896781

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received March 3, 2021
  • Accepted March 22, 2021
  • Published online April 25, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Hiba Y. Alruhaim, MBBS, SBFM⇑,
  2. Turky H. Almigbal, SBFM, CFPDMCDM,
  3. Joud S. Almutairi, MBBS, SBFM,
  4. Muhammad H. Mujammami, SBIM, SBEM,
  5. Turki A. AlMogbel, SBFM,
  6. Abdullah A. Alrasheed, SBFM,
  7. Abdullah M. Al Zahrani, MBBS, SBFM and
  8. Mohammed A. Batais, SBFM, CFPDMCDM
  1. From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alruhaim, Almigbal, Almutairi, Alrasheed, Batais), from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit (Mujammami), College of Medicine, King Saud University; from the Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges (Almigbal); from the King Saud University Medical City (Almigbal, Mujammami, Alrasheed, Batais), Riyadh; from the Department of Family Medicine (Al Zahrani), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah; and from the Buraydah Diabetes Centre (AlMogbel), King Fahd Specialist Hospital, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Hiba Alruhaim, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: hibah.y.r{at}hotmail.com ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0970-0970
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