Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards self-management among diabetic patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital chroni
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards self-management among diabetic patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital chronic diseases follow-up clinic, Northwest Ethiopia Enyew Getaneh Mekonen 1 Received: 20 June 2020 / Accepted: 7 November 2020 # Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India 2020
Abstract Introduction Self-management in diabetic patients is vital to keep the illness under control and avert any long term complications. Effective management of diabetes is a difficult task without an adequate understanding of the existing level of knowledge, attitude, and practice related to self-management. Knowing the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards selfmanagement may help to provide information for health policy-makers to design and implement effective interventions to reduce diabetes-related morbidity and mortality. Objective To assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards self-management among patients with diabetes at Debre Tabor General Hospital chronic diseases follow up clinic. Methods An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted from February to March 2016. A systematic random sampling technique was employed to select 206 patients. A structured pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results More than half of the study participants 114 (55.3%) had poor knowledge about diabetic self-management. Poor attitude of diabetic self-management was detected among 109 (52.9%) of studied patients. Nearly two-thirds 136 (66.0%) of the study participants had poor practice towards self-management. Conclusion More than half of the participants had poor knowledge and attitude towards self-management and nearly two-thirds of them had poor practice. It is better to emphasize the importance of the patient as the key person in diabetic management. Keywords Knowledge . Attitude . Practice . Diabetic self-management . Diabetic patients
Introduction Non-communicable diseases have become one of the major challenges in terms of the damage they cause to humans and the socio-economic condition of the countries. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common non-communicable diseases and challenging health problems globally [1]. Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The chronic hyperglycemia of diabetes is associated with long-term damage, dysfunction, and failure of different
* Enyew Getaneh Mekonen [email protected] 1
Department of Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
organs, especially the eyes, kidneys, nerves, heart, and blood vessels [2]. As a result of population growth, unhealthy diets, obesity, aging, urbanization, and sedentary lifestyles, the prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide [3]. It is a rapidly worsening, major risk to global public health, with one in 20 deaths a
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