Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) of diabetes in Mathura Uttar Pradesh - An observational study

Abstract

Introduction: Objective of this study is to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding type 2 diabetes in diabetics as well as in Non-diabetics and also to determine the knowledge versus practice gap among diabetics. There is almost no study of this kind from Uttar Pradesh region of India. Material and method: A pretested and validated questionnaire were used for assessment of these parameters. This questionnaire was divided in to 3 parts. First part used for assessment of knowledge in all the study subjects and had 8 questions. Second part had five questions based on risk factors and complication of diabetes. Third part was used only for diabetics and again had five questions based on their health care seeking behavior. A total of 412 study subjects (206 diabetics and 206 Non-diabetics) were interviewed and their responses were noted in this questionnaire form. Results: 50% of the diabetics are in the age group category of 41-60 years. > 50% of non-diabetics are in the age group category 21-40 years. Most of the respondents were aware of symptomatology, non-communicability, need of self-monitoring of glucose at home and rapidly increasing incidence of diabetes. Almost 70 % of diabetics were aware about foot care and Very nominal number of diabetics (7.8%) was consuming sweets daily. A disheartening fact revealed that approximately 87% of diabetics do not carry sugar candy or any form of sugar before leaving home to correct any hypoglycemic episode. Conclusion: Knowledge of symptomatology of diabetes and requirement of self-monitoring of blood glucose at home was adequate among most of the study subjects and uniformly distributed among diabetics and Nondiabetics. More than 80% of diabetics were not aware about hypoglycemia symptoms and its treatment. Training of health care providers and large-scale education and awareness campaigns are the need of the hour for this region to further improve the knowledge and to improve self-care practices among all Diabetics.

Assessment of Patients’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Diabetes Mellitus in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India

“…In our study, most of the subjects did not check their blood glucose level regularly (81.4%), and they had no habit of taking care of their feet (59.69%). This was consistent with the findings in the study where it was found that approximately 70% of the diabetic patients had suboptimal knowledge of foot care [20]. However Shah et al showed that 54.21% of subjects contained fruits and 31.93% of subjects contained green leafy vegetables in their diet.…”

“…We found that most of the subjects had knowledge regarding symptoms of DM (62.79% polyurea and 55.81% polyphagia). This was similar to a study conducted by Goyal et al, where 80% of the subjects were aware of the symptomatology of DM [20]. Most of the subjects were aware that both of exercise (66.16%) and diet (62.97%) had important role in controlling DM.…”

“…However, the majority (79.07%) of the subjects did not have glucometer. This is in contrast to a study conducted in Mathura, where 65% of the diabetic subjects used to monitor their blood glucose level at home using a glucometer [20].…”

Knowledge, attitude & practice (KAP) of diabetes in Berhampur, Odisha, India- An observational study

“…Knowledge: It is a process of acquiring facts, information and skills through one's own experience or learning. It's a process of learning in a systematic manner [1,2]. Practice: A regular event at which something is done again and again to increase skill soccer practice [5,6.…”