Awareness regarding risk factors of type 2 diabetes among individuals attending a tertiary-care hospital in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Mumu, Shirin Jahan; Saleh, Farzana; Ara, Ferdous; Haque, Rabiul; Ali, Liaquat

doi:10.1186/1756-0500-7-599

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“…18 In a similar study it was observed that the two most important sources were friends & neighbor (51%) and family (49%) respectively, followed by electronic media (46%) whereas in our study it was almost by the healthcare provider. 19 Ying et al in their study also had finding similar to our study and they also concluded that the main strategy is patients education about the complications. 20 Nearly all the patients were on some form of medications for the treatment of diabetes.…”

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Patients’ Awareness about the Complications of Diabetes Mellitus and its Co-relation with the Glycemic Status

Agrawaal

2015

J Nepal Med Assoc

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Introduction: Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity and cardiovascular related mortality along with a major cause of preventable blindness and foot amputation. There are limited studies on diabetes awareness, attitude, and prevalence. Methods: Thus, we designed a study to seek the patients awareness about the complications associated with diabetes. It was a prospective observational study which included 123 patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Results: The mean age of population studied was 53 years mainly from the Rupandehi and Nawalparasi districts in Nepal attending a clinic. In the study Erectile Dysfunction was statistically significant with postprandial hyperglycemia. Lack of Awareness about a calorie specific diet plan was significantly associated with increased blood sugar fasting level >110mg/dl. A majority of patients (58%) had awareness regarding kidney damage and 51% had awareness that Diabetes causes delayed wound healing. Only 3% of the patients did a regular foot care and 9% knew what the target glycemic status is. About 36% know that there can be cardiac complications due to diabetes and 27% regarding eyes. Similarly 36% of the patients also knew that there is neuropathy due to diabetes and 18% were aware about CVA. About 54% of the patients had Fasting >110mg%. Conclusions: The study showed that though the patients are on OADs but they lack awareness about the major complications related to diabetes mellitus. Keywords: awareness of diabetic complications; HbA1c; patient awareness.

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Patients’ Awareness about the Complications of Diabetes Mellitus and its Co-relation with the Glycemic Status

Agrawaal

2015

J Nepal Med Assoc

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“…[8,12] Similar study by Vankudre et al in Kanchipuram district showed a significant difference in awareness scores with the marital status (mean score of 37.3 ± 5.98). [13] Among the participants who were aware of the symptoms, 18.1% knew about polyuria, and among the diabetics, 45.3% were aware of it followed by 35.9% of the diabetics were aware of polydypsia, 23.4% of polyphagia, and 15.6% of them knew about unexplained weight loss.…”

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“…Similarly, in the present study, 54% of the subjects were scored average, 42.5% scored poor and the remaining 3.5% scored good on awareness of diabetes. [12] …”

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confidence: 99%

Awareness of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural population of Mangalore, South India

Padmanabha¹,

Puneeth²,

Udayakiran³

2018

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONGlobal reports, in the year 2010, stated that diabetes accounted for 12% of the total health expenditure or around 376 billion dollars, which is expected to cross 490 billion dollars by 2030. Due to lack of resources and limited infrastructures, many developing countries face an hurdle to manage the epidemic of diabetes. As per the recent report of international diabetes federation, 415 million individuals are diabetic globally and it is likely to peak around 642 million by the year 2040, and worldwide, every 1 in 11 individuals are found to be detected diabetic, but unfortunately 46.5% of them remain undiagnosed and three-fourth of them live in low-and middle-income nations with 5 million of global deaths being currently attributed to diabetes. [1,2] Majority of the people with diabetes fall in the age group of 45-64 years in the low economic countries. This productive group is expected to drive the economic engine of the country to achieve the required international development goals. Along with the reduced productivity, diabetes tends to further impose a high economic burden on nation in terms Background: As an emerging epidemic of the 21 st century, diabetes would threaten to overwhelm the health-care system in the coming years posing a major challenges to patients and national economies. Currently, 415 million adults are found to be diabetic which is likely to cross 642 million by 2040. Awareness and health-seeking behavior are important in the reduction of burden of the disease and its long-term complications. Objectives: The objective of this study is to assess the awareness of Type 2 diabetes mellitus among the general and diabetic population in the rural community of Mangalore. Materials and Methods: A Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in rural population among subjects aged 35 years and above. Based on the prevalence rate of 16.6% by Rao et al., 226 subjects were interviewed by systematic random sampling method, and among them, 64 were found to be diabetic at the time of the survey. Results: Of 226 persons interviewed, 28.8% were aware of symptoms, 31.9% were aware of risk factors, and among them, majority were aware of increased intake of sweets in association with diabetes, and 49.6% were aware of warning signs of hypoglycemia. Only 22.6% were aware of complications of diabetes. Mean awareness score was 21.23 among diabetics than compared with the general population, 17.07 (P < 0.05). Overall awareness of diabetes among the subjects was found to be <50%. Conclusion:The study highlighted the low awareness status in this population for which there is a need for an effective health education program in the community in prevention and long-term control of diabetes.

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“…While few other studies remarked on variations in the knowledge of DM among participants (Fezeu, Fointama, Ngufor, Mbeh & Mbanya, 2010;Mahajerin, Fras, Vanhecke & Ledesma, 2008). Deepa et al (2014), Mumu, Saleh, Ara, Haque, & Ali (2014) and Ulvi, et al (2009) found that the majority of participants were unaware of the associated risk factors. Contrary findings were found in the study by Wee, Ho, & Li (2002).…”

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Knowledge and Awareness about Diabetes Mellitus and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Review

Thomas

2019

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The paper aims to review the previous literature conducted till date on knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) across the globe, focussing more on the studies from the Indian context. The review posits that the knowledge and awareness of Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes among the larger population needs attention. Additionally, knowledge of the risks and complications is low among participants. Significantly limited literature was available on antenatal women and on the provision of awareness programmes for such participants. The review concludes with the observation that the knowledge and awareness about DM and GDM has important implications for public health policies and specifically for the implementation of National Diabetes Prevention/Control Programmes.

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Awareness regarding risk factors of type 2 diabetes among individuals attending a tertiary-care hospital in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 42 publications

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Patients’ Awareness about the Complications of Diabetes Mellitus and its Co-relation with the Glycemic Status

Patients’ Awareness about the Complications of Diabetes Mellitus and its Co-relation with the Glycemic Status

Awareness of Type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural population of Mangalore, South India

Knowledge and Awareness about Diabetes Mellitus and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus - Review

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