Study on Diabetic Patients' Knowledge of Their Disease

Of the total patients (88.2%), (82.5%) and (79.2%) agreed to obesity, lack of physical activity and family history were predisposed to diabetes. Approximately 40% of patients are regularly exercising, half of them go to doctors for periodic examination. More than 50% of the participants were monitoring blood glucose levels at home. In summary, the current findings show a gap in knowledge about diabetes and its complications.

The purpose of this study was to determine the recognition and attitude of diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients living in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Previous studies have shown that average understanding and complex attitudes of type 2 diabetes in diabetic patients are below average. Understanding of diabetes is limited to its causes. The specific purpose of the survey is to describe the age of the respondent, employment status, academic background, and marital status, to judge diabetes knowledge based on the cause, to calculate the patient's diabetes based on age, employment status, academic record and marital status It is to judge the attitude of. Are there any differences in knowledge and attitudes?

The proposed study will address diabetes knowledge, attitudes and practices of people suffering from diabetes at Port Harcourt in Nigeria. It is important to provide an operational definition of these variables. In the context of this study, knowledge is defined as the level of understanding and understanding of diabetes, including causes and attitudes, residents' perception of diabetes, prejudice and concepts about diabetes. In the context of diabetes prevention, patients should have adequate knowledge and a positive attitude towards the disease.

In this study, we determined the demographic characteristics of diabetic patients who visited our diabetes clinic at the tertiary hospital in Davao City and evaluated their knowledge, attitudes, and practical (KAP) levels of diabetes (DM) and KAP and KAP . Glycemic control of type 2 diabetic patients in related urban health facilities According to NNHES (National Health Nutrition Survey), prevalence of diabetes is about 6 - 7.2% in the Philippines. After adding a patient with pre-diabetes mellitus (fasting glucose impairment or impaired glucose tolerance or both), this number expanded to 17.8% with a prevalence rate of 10.6%. Therefore, Filipinos may be suffering from diabetes or pre-diabetes at a rate of 1 in 5 people.