Article: Patients’ awareness about the complications of diabetes mellitus and its co-relation with the glycemic status
| creativeworkseries.issn | JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X | |
| dc.contributor.author | Agrawaal, Krishna Kumar | |
| dc.creator.affiliation | Department of Internal Medicine, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-29T09:16:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-09-29T09:16:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract 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. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.2747 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/7900 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | Awareness of diabetic complications | |
| dc.subject | HbA1c | |
| dc.subject | Patient awareness | |
| dc.title | Patients’ awareness about the complications of diabetes mellitus and its co-relation with the glycemic status | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 287 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 284 | |
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