A Cross Sectional Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Subjects about Diabetes.

摘要

Background: Strategies to improve awareness aboutdiabetes and translation of preventive measures byinnovative programmes have to be implemented atnational levels to decrease the morbidity rate. Aim andObjectives: To study the baseline level of knowledge,attitude and practice among five hundred subjects withType 2 diabetes mellitus about diabetes mellitus.Material and Methods: Five hundred Type 2 diabetessubjects from five diabetes specialty clinics wereselected for Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP)survey. Based on their baseline blood parameters andtheir willingness to participate, data was elicited using achecklist to study their knowledge, attitude and practice.Results: Majority (66.8%) of the subjects in the studywere of normal weight. Only 3% of the subjects got aperfect score of 10 while among the remaining 97%subjects, the majority (80%) scored from 7 to 9. Therewas no significant difference in the mean scores of KAP,between the male and female subjects. There was asignificant difference between duration and knowledgeof diabetes at 5% level and a significant difference (pvalue= 0.004) in knowledge score when compared withattitude and practice score of the diabetes subjects.Conclusion: There is a need to strengthen the health caresystem to generate awareness, to enable early detection,and to provide standard and uniform care, andrehabilitation for people with Type 2 diabetes mellitus tomanage diabetes and delay the onset of complications.