A study to assess awareness regarding Diabetes Mellitus and factors affecting it, in a tertiary care hospital in Kancheepurum District
Journal Title: Healthline - Year 2013, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: World will have 300 million diabetics by 2025. The disease leads to high levels of morbidity and mortality and has huge financial impact on individuals and national budgets. Knowledge of the disease will play a great cost effective role in prevention and control of the disease. Objectives: This study was undertaken with the aim to assess awareness regarding diabetes mellitus and factors affecting the awareness levels. Methods: Patients of a tertiary care hospital, with diabetes mellitus were included in the study. Awareness regarding diabetes was judged for knowledge, self care practices and complications by using a self administered questionnaire. The scores are analysed against the variables to determine the factors affecting the scores. Results: The average scores on all three aspects were observed to be above 60 %. Awareness regarding fasting and post prandial blood sugar, high fibre diet, foot care and ophthalmic complications was observed to be high. Moderate awareness was observed regarding diabetes mellitus being a lifestyle disorder, self monitoring of sugar and renal, cardiac and cerebral complications. Poor knowledge was observed regarding Hb A1c. Females and unemployed individuals had significantly lower scores. Self employed, higher education, family history of diabetes mellitus and long duration of sickness had positive effect on the scores. Age, marital status and BMI had no effect on the scores. Conclusions: Awareness regarding all the aspects of diabetes mellitus needs to be increased for better control of the disease and its complications. Females and unemployed individuals need to be given special emphasis.
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Ashok Vankudre, Manasi Padhyegurjar, Jennifer Gladius, Shekhar Padhyegurjar
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