Publication: Awareness Regarding Diabetes Mellitus among General Population of Banepa Municipality
Date
2021
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Publisher
Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background
Diabetes is a silent disease and many people with diabetes may become aware of
it only after life-threatening complications. The presence of knowledge of diabetes
could contribute in early diagnosis and minimize the occurrence of complications.
Hence, healthcare and public policy makers are putting extensive efforts to aware
them on diabetes.
Objective
To assess the level of diabetes knowledge and its risk among the general public of
Banepa municipality.
Method
A Cross sectional study was conducted to assess the awareness about diabetes
among the general public of Banepa municipality. During the period of November
2019 to January 2020, 273 respondents of Banepa municipality were included with
informed consent. Data was collected using a pre-tested structured questionnaire
through one-to-one interviews. Indian Diabetes risk score (IDRS) was used to identify
the risk of diabetes among them that consists of four elements i.e. age, abdominal
obesity, physical activity, and family history. Data entry and analysis was done using
SPSS version 20.
Result
It was found that 61.9% had a higher level of knowledge of diabetes. IDRS score
shows more than half percent (53.5%) of respondents were in high risk, 39.2% were
in medium risk and 7.3% were in low risk.
Conclusion
This study implies that there was good knowledge about diabetes among people.
However, the majority of them are at risk for developing diabetes in future which
may be due to lack of practical implication of knowledge. It reflects the necessity
to educate and reinforce the public regarding prevention of diabetes which further
postpones its complications.
KEY WORDS
Awareness, Diabetes, IDRS, Knowledge, Risk factors
Description
Manandhar S, Buddhacharya M, Maharjan S
Department of Nursing
Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University
Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
(KUSMS),
Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal
Keywords
Awareness, Diabetes, IDRS, Knowledge, Risk factors