Conclusion
Although diabetic neuropathy is one of the most critical complications of DM, there are deficiencies in the knowledge level about diabetic neuropathy and early diagnosis examination in the primary care physicians in our study. The reason why physicians did not perform screening might be that there is no screening guidance for diabetic neuropathy, unlike the other microvascular complications such as diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy in the ”Periodic Health Examinations and Screening Tests Recommended in Family Medicine Practice” published by the Turkish Public Health Institution in 2015, when our study was conducted. Methods that will eliminate physicians’ shortcomings in primary care and ensure that they comply with the guidelines should be investigated.