Padmaja Kumari Rani|Rajiv Raman|Sarvanan Subramani|Perumal Gnanamoorthy|Govindasamy Kumaramanickavel|Tarun Sharma
Knowledge of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy among rural populations in India, and the influence of knowledge of diabetic retinopathy on attitude and practice
Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya|Sankara Nethralaya
diabetes mellitus particularly type ii major public health concern worldwide occurrence diabetic retinopathy cannot prevented provision knowledge sufferers sightthreatening complications minimizedto report results kap knowledge attitude practice study among rural population two areas diabetes mellitus dm diabetic retinopathy dr level knowledge evaluated dm dr however influence knowledge practices attitude evaluated dr groupin rural areas 145 awareness meetings dm dr conducted attended 28 347 individuals using systematic random sampling data collected every 14th individual total 1938 individuals rural population numbered gaining responses kap questionnaire univariate multiple regression analyses performed identify independent risk factors related knowledge disease influence knowledge attitude practiceof 1938 individuals 966 499 knowledge dm 718 371 knowledge dr knowledge dm women or193 95 ci 155239 subjects followed christian faith or148 95 ci 107204 belonged upper socioeconomic strata or260 95 ci 184367 knowledge dr significantly higher among subjects spoke malayalam language or380 95 ci 203713 followed christian faith or173 95 ci 127235 belonged upper socioeconomic strata or185 95 ci 132258 compared knowledge dr n 1220 significant percentages individuals knowledge n 718 right attitude go regular eye examinations 659 vs 933 p00001 regarding practice patterns 365 individuals knowledge dr believed controlled blood sugar could avoid visit ophthalmologist compared 555 knowledge p00001the results suggest need propagate aggressive comprehensive awareness models educate rural populations dm dr