A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Self Administration of Insulin Injection among Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Diabetic Clinic of Primary Health Centre at Alnamas

Abstract

Worldwide diabetes is widely recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability. According to the latest WHO data published in April 2011 Diabetes Mellitus Deaths in Saudi Arabia reached 5,870 or 6.74% of total deaths. The impact of the disease on the patient, family and the community psychologically and physically is staggering. So I selected this study, to Assess The knowledge regarding self administration of insulin injection among diabetes mellitus patients in diabetic clinic of primary health centre, with the objectives to assess the knowledge of diabetes mellitus patients regarding self-administration of insulin injection and to find the association between the knowledge and selected demographic variables. The hypothesis will be tested at 0.05 level of significance. There will be significant association between levels of knowledge with selected demographic variables. The conceptual framework for this study was based on Orem's self-care model each individual has an innate ability to care for oneself, it is a theoretical model which values individual responsibility and believes in health education as key aspect of nursing intervention. This study is aimed at assessing the knowledge on self-administration of insulin injection among diabetes mellitus patients. The study was conducted in diabetes mellitus patient in diabetic clinic of Primary Health Centre, Alnamas. 20 diabetes mellitus patient on insulin therapy were selected by convenient sampling method. Researcher's convenience and familiarity with settings were added reason. The tools used for data collection is a structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge of the diabetes mellitus patients regarding selfadministration of insulin injection. The study reveals that 12 participants (60%) are having good knowledge regarding self-administration of insulin injection, 6 participants (30%) are having average knowledge regarding selfadministration of insulin injection and 2 participants (10%) are having poor knowledge regarding self-administration of insulin injection.