Scoping review framework mapping nurses' diabetes knowledge, care knowledge, and knowledge-acquisition factors in SSA hospitals¶
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Evidence · 6 claims (6 for) · 2 studies (2 review),q2· 0 of 2 report an effect size · 6 claims rest on one study
Description¶
The review organises the literature around three review questions: nurses' knowledge of diabetes, nurses' knowledge of diabetes management or care, and factors hindering or promoting knowledge acquisition. It applied the Arksey and O'Malley scoping methodological framework, which "included the following steps: identifying the research question; searching for relevant studies; selecting studies; charting data; and collating, summarising and reporting the results." Primary outcomes covered knowledge of diabetes types, pathophysiology, diagnostics, medications and management; secondary outcomes covered personal, organisational and support-system barriers and facilitators.
Design Implications¶
Context¶
Requirements¶
- Studies addressing nurses involved in care for adults with diabetes in hospital settings in SSA, published in English from 2000 to 2024.
Constraints¶
- The protocol was not pre-registered; studies were not formally assessed for quality; only English-language studies were included, possibly missing Francophone Africa.
Target Learners¶
- Nurses in hospital settings in sub-Saharan Africa
Learning Goals¶
- Diabetes knowledge for care and patient education
Claims¶
- Barriers to nurses' diabetes knowledge acquisition include lack of guidelines, inadequate staffing, salary and training resources [+W]
- Nurses in sub-Saharan Africa show knowledge gaps in diabetes pathology, insulin therapy, treatment and complications [+W]
- Specific knowledge deficits in Ghana and Libya studies: type 2 diabetes, DKA and complications [+W]
- Nurses with 1–5 years of experience scored higher on diabetes knowledge than more experienced nurses in one Nigerian study [+W]
- Facilitators of nurses' diabetes knowledge acquisition include experience, refresher nutrition courses and NCD training [+W]
- Nurses begin with low baseline knowledge of diabetic foot care, and educational qualifications may moderate post-training knowledge gains [+W]
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Key Sources¶
- Nyalapa McDonald William; Gombachika Belinda Thandizo. (2025). Diabetes knowledge of nurses in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106689
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Scoping review framework mapping nurses' diabetes knowledge, care knowledge, and knowledge-acquisition factors in SSA hospitals |
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The review organises the literature around three review questions: nurses' knowledge of diabetes, nurses' knowledge of diabetes management or care, and factors hindering or promoting knowledge acquisition. |
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