KNOWLEDGE OF PATIENT REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS

Author Name: 1. Pattan AD, 2. Dr. Naresh Godara

Volume/Issue: 04/04

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/10.2023-64356554/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Ph.D. Scholar, Parul Institute of Nursing, Parul University, Vadodara, India.
2. Professor and Head Dept. of Community Medicine, Parul Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Parul University, Vadodara, India.

ABSTRACT

A study to assess the knowledge of patient regarding management of diabetes mellitus at selected hospitals of Vadodara, ‘Objectives of the study: To assess the level knowledge of patient regarding management of diabetes mellitus and to find out the association between the knowledge regarding management of diabetes mellitus with their selected demographic variables. Using simple random sampling technique. The instrument used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire. Methods: Institutional based cross sectional study was conducted. A total of 421 patients were chosen using simple random sampling technique. The data was analysed using SPSS software. Result: In this study (96.3 %) patient to have good knowledge and (3.8%) were poor knowledge Conclusion: Gender, age, education, and work experience of patients are associated with the management of diabetes mellitus at P0.05 levels of significance.

Key words: Knowledge, diabetes mellitus, patient, diabetes mellitus