Volume : 7, Issue : 1, January - 2018

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF DIABETIC PATIENTS REGARDING DIABETIC DIET

Rasmiya Farheen, P. Muthukumar, Junior Sundresh

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus is now a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, it is associated with high rates of hospitalization, blindness, renal failure and non-traumatic amputation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aim: To assess the knowledge regarding diabetic diet among diabetic patients<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Methods: Assessment of knowledge regarding diabetic diet: It consists of 20 questions which will help to identify the knowledge of diabetic diet among diabetic patient. <span style="color:black;mso-themecolor:&#10;text1;mso-font-kerning:12.0pt">The knowledge score was categorized as adequate level (15-20), moderate level (10-14), inadequate level (5-9) and extremely poor (0-4) score.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Results: Out of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>60 samples, 30(50%) diabetes patients belong to 60-70years. During the pretest the majority of, diabetes patients 42 (70%) scored between 10 - 14, 12 (20%) diabetes patients<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>scored between 5-9, 6 (10%) diabetes patients scored between 15-20.No one had scored between 0-4. During the post test the majority of diabetes patients 48 (80%) had shown improved to moderate knowledge, 7 (11.6%) diabetes patients<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>had<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>adequate<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>knowledge and 5 (8.3%)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>scored inadequate knowledge regarding diabetic diet.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;&#10;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion: There is a great need of producing awareness among diabetic patients regarding the importance of diet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>