[Diabetic patients, knowledge respectives complications and severity]

Abstract

Education is at the cornerstone of management of insulin-treated diabetic patient. Previous studies reported that the education of diabetic patients and their entourage was failing, hypothesizing that this lack of education was explained by a lack of knowledge on the disease and its complications and the underestimation of their respective severity. The "Educated Why" suggests that diabetic patients treated with insulin know that hypoglycemia and to a lesser extent diabetes itself are serious or very serious diseases.

Keywords: complication; diabetes; diabète; insulin; insuline; patient; therapeutic education; traitement; treatment; éducation thérapeutique.