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Table 2 Sources of information used by diabetic patients

From: Information seeking behavior of patients with diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study in an outpatient clinic of a university-affiliated hospital in Athens, Greece

Which sources do you use to seek information about diabetes?

1 = not at all to 5 = constantly

Do not know

Doctors

  

Nurses

  

Health visitors

  

Eye doctor

  

Dietitian

  

Pharmacist

  

Internet

  

Books

  

Leaflets

  

Magazines/newspaper/newsmagazine articles

  

Broadcast media (television, radio)

  

Patients’ associations

  

Family, including family members with diabetes/friends

  

Other patients with diabetes

  

Seminars for diabetics

  

Booklets, brochures, etc., from clinic or health professionals

  

Other