Study on Awareness of Diabetic Diet and Treatment Compliance among Diabetic Patients in Rural Pondicherry
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
Abstract:Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic syndrome characterized by chronic hyperglycemia and disturbance of carbohydrate, protein and fat metabolism associated with absolute or relative deficiency of insulin secretion and/or insulin action.Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder, the effective management of which requires not only medication use but also active patient awareness with appropriate life style modification. Diabetes increase the risk of various microvascular and macrovascular diseases such as coronary artery disease, stroke, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy and foot amputation leading to increased morbidity.To study the awareness of diabetic diet among diabetic patients. To find out the treatment compliance in diabetic patients of rural Pondicherry.This is a cross sectional descriptive study done among diabetic patients of rural Pondicherry. A house to house survey was done to collect data by using a predesigned and pretested questionnaire. Demographic profile like age, sex, education, income and occupation, years with diabetes mellitus, knowledge of diabetic diet, whether following, type of treatment and its compliance were collected among the diabetic patients. The data collected were analyzed using suitable statistical methods. Among the participants, majority of the individuals were in the age group of 41-50 years (30%) and 56.5% were males and 43.5% were females. The present study shows only 55% of the participants had knowledge regarding the diabetic diet to be followed. It was replied, 58% of them were practicing the diet for past 5 yrs and among them 57% were following regularly and 43% were irregular. Statistical significance was found between the duration, regularity of diet and age of the patients (P value-0.06, 0.024). The study results also showed 82% have regular health check up, 65% go to government hospital and 98% follow allopathic medicine. 62.5% of them responded, their blood pressure and blood sugar investigation was done before 2 months. The study shows the overall awareness of diabetic diet among patients was only 55%. The role of Family physicians is vital, as they have to emphasis on their proper diet practice and treatment compliance. Keywords:Diabetic diet, treatment compliance, knowledge, awareness, rural.
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. S. Rajini, K. Kannan, Poo vitha
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