A Comparative Study to Assess Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Cases of Recently Diagnosed Diabetes and Known Cases of Diabetes

Autor:	V. Vinotha, T. H. Hema, A. J. Hemamalini
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Diabetes mellitus Family medicine Epidemiology Prevalence Medicine Mean age Disease management (health) business medicine.disease Demographic data
Zdroj:	The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. 56:422
ISSN:	2348-621X 0022-3174
DOI:	10.21048/ijnd.2019.56.4.23454
Popis:	A good knowledge of disease management is necessary in promoting health. Diabetes Mellitus is a major health problem with individual, social and economical consequences. Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) surveys are effective in providing a baseline for evaluating intervention programs. This is a comparative study to assess KAP among case of recently diagnosed diabetes and known case of diabetes. A cross-sectional survey comprising of 112 patients (56-recently diagnosed and 56-known cases) was conducted in Sri Ramachandra Hospital and volunteers from the community for a period of three months. A structured closed ended questionnaire for KAP on DM with demographic information was formulated. A pilot study was conducted to compute the scoring of adequate >75, moderately adequate 50-75, inadequate
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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