KNOWLEDGE OF DIABETES AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETES PATIENTS AND THEIR BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL- A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
BACKGROUND Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is rising worldwide and increasingly being recognised in relatively young people due to the high prevalence of environmental and genetic risk factors. The objectives of this study is to assess knowledge, lifestyle habits and blood glucose level of diabetes patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 diabetics and systematic random sampling was used for selection of study subject. We used oral questionnaire for assessing knowledge, lifestyle habits, and height and weight measured to calculate BMI. The means, standard deviations and frequencies were calculated. For inferential statistics, Chi-square (X2) test was used to determine the strength of association between dependent and independent variables. P values < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. RESULTS Eighty five percent (85%) of the respondents knew that diabetes is due to high blood sugar, familial (43%), sedentary workers can suffer (44%) and it affects kidney, heart, liver and eyes (49%). Fifty two percent among participants did physical activities for one to two hours per day, 17% smoked and majority were rice eaters. It was found that 57% of the respondents’ HbA1C levels were less than 7.0% suggesting control of diabetes. The high cholesterol level is associated with high HbA1C values (p= 0.002). CONCLUSION The control of blood sugar among diabetes patients was fifty seven percent in spite of having good knowledge. More than half of participants having some type of physical activities, which may need to improve in terms of hours per day or hours per week. The literacy and lifestyle habits did not show any significant association with diabetes control among the study population.
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Shyamal Roy, Taranga Reang
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