Table 3 School teachers’ attitudes toward T1DM stratified by gender
Attitude Question | Male | Female | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Not sure n (%) | Yes n (%) | No n (%) | Not sure n (%) | Â | |
Are you willing to have diabetic children in your class | 108 (61) | 35 (19.8) | 34 (19.2) | 105 (52.2) | 62 (30.8) | 34 (16.9) | 0.04 |
In case of hypoglycaemia, should the diabetic student take sweet juice? | 151 (85.3) | 6 (3.4) | 20 (11.3) | 176 (87.6) | 4 (2) | 21 (10.4) | 0.66 |
In case of coma, can small amount of jam or honey be put into the mouth of the diabetic student? | 93 (52.5) | 18 (10.2) | 66 (37.7) | 124 (61.7) | 24 (11.9) | 53 (26.4) | 0.07 |
Would you like to join training program for dealing with diabetic students? | 129 (72.9) | 25 (14.1) | 23 (13) | 116 (57.7) | 54 (26.9) | 31 (15.4) | 0.004 |
Do you support presence of school nurse? | 161 (91) | 5 (2.8) | 11 (6.2) | 187 (93) | 9 (4.5) | 5 (2.5) | 0.14 |