Assessment of Diabetes Related Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Diabetics and Non-diabetics using Self Prepared Questionnaire for Awareness of Health Promotion
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- 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
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Sridhar Srimath Tirumala Konduru
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Shri Vishnu College of Pharmacy, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
Volume 10, Issue 1 · pp. 32-38 · 2017 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.10.1.8
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Introduction: As diabetes mellitus is one of the most challenging public health problem in 21st century, it is important to know about the awareness level of a disease condition in a population, which plays a vital role in future development, early detection and prevention of disease.Objective: To assess the awareness and knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus among diabetic and non-diabetic subjects.Methods: A prospective and observational study was done in 100 diabetic and 50 non-diabetic subjects. All in- patients and out- patients either gender, of age 20-80 years were included in the study. Paediatric patients, pregnant/lactating women were excluded.Result: After analysing the scores, it was found that among diabetic patients 46% had poor knowledge, 45% had medium knowledge and 9% had good knowledge regarding Diabetes Mellitus where as 64% of non-diabetics had poor knowledge, 34% of non-diabetics had medium knowledge and 2% of non-diabetics had good knowledge regarding Diabetes Mellitus.Conclusion: Overall, our study concludes that diabetic patients had more knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus than non-diabetic subjects.
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Konduru, S. S. T., Ranjan, A., K, K., Muddada, S., Shaik, S., & Vakkapatla, L. S. (2017). Assessment of Diabetes Related Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Diabetics and Non-diabetics using Self Prepared Questionnaire for Awareness of Health Promotion. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 10(1), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijopp.10.1.8
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