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AimThis study aimed to examine the association of knowledge and self‐efficacy as variables for behavior related to dental consultations among patients with type 2 diabetes, depending on the diagnosis of periodontal disease at a general hospital in Japan.MethodsA cross‐sectional survey was conducted with 198 patients with type 2 diabetes (mean age: 66.1 ± 10.1 years, men: 56.6%, mean glycated hemoglobin: 7.3 ± 1.0%). The self‐efficacy of patients with periodontal disease was assessed using the Self‐Efficacy Scale for Self‐Care. Knowledge was measured using five dichotomous items based on reference to clinical guidelines. Dental consultation behavior was assessed from regular dental checkup behavior.ResultsIn total, 31.8% of participants attended their regular dental checkup in the last year. Logistic regression analysis revealed that dental consultation behavior was positively associated with self‐efficacy among patients diagnosed with periodontal disease (odds ratio [OR] = 1.26, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.10–1.45), and positively associated with the knowledge among patients not diagnosed with periodontal disease (OR = 1.54, 95%, CI: 1.09 − 2.16).ConclusionPatients without periodontal disease need to learn about accurate knowledge regarding periodontal disease as a complication of diabetes and its prevention via dental checkups. Supportive consultation to improve self‐efficacy with respect to dental consultations should be offered to patients with periodontal disease. Medical professionals will be able to support each patient with type 2 diabetes by changing the educational approach for promoting regular dental checkups at the time of diabetes consultations.

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Support for nurses is necessary to enable them to practice the oral management of patients with diabetes; however, no support for nurses in this context has been reported. The objective of this study was to verify the feasibility of a nursing guide for the oral management of outpatients with type 2 diabetes, aimed at giving nurses the ability to independently practice oral management for patients with diabetes in an outpatient department. Questionnaires were administered to 25 certified diabetes educator nurses from 54 medical facilities. The evaluation and degree of understanding of the guide were assessed using items in the nursing guide. In addition, opinions and impressions about the guide in the form of free responses were requested. Descriptive statistics were calculated for all measured variables, and data gathered from the free responses were divided into categories based on their similarities and differences. The feasibility of the nursing guide was confirmed, and nurses confidently provided education regarding oral management to patients with diabetes using the guide. These results suggest that a guide may improve nurses' knowledge, skills, and confidence in providing patient education and improve the overall practice of oral management. Further improvements based on the opinions of nurses, such as the expression of terms, implementation of checklists for oral assessment, and identification of devices that can be utilized in a shorter time, are needed to facilitate the implementation of the guide into practice by nurses. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13340-023-00622-4.

Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders with high mortality and morbidity associated with complications such as neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, cardiovascular disease and stroke. 1 Diabetes has a rapidly increasing prevalence worldwide. 2 In 2019, 19.7% of males and 10.8% of females in Japan were strongly suspected of having diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes also increases markedly with age, with one in six adults aged ≥20 years affected by diabetes, approximately 95% of them affected by type 2 diabetes. 3,4