Nithyananda Chowta K|V Aswathi|Mukta N Chowta|Basavaprabhu Achappa|Deepak Madi
Correlation of awareness of the disease with glycaemic control and diabetic complications among patients attending a tertiary care hospital
Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal|Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
introduction awareness level among diabetic patients varies across patient population based many factors differences literacy study population socioeconomic status availability diabetes education hence important study setup plan appropriate preven tive strategies present research work attempted assess awareness level diabetes complications among diabetic patients attending tertiary care teaching hospital materials methods hospital based cross sectional study done diabetic patients attending tertiary care teaching hospital south india awareness level patient assessed using pretested questionnaire questionnaire 25 questions knowledge 18 attitude 4 prac tice 3 correct answer given score one wrong answer given score zero patients assessed clinically presence micro macrovascular complications basic investigations carried metabolic control assessed hba1c level results total 150 patients included study approx 526 patients scored 14 18 sufficient awareness 66 patients satisfactory awareness kap score 1920 4 patients highly satisfactory awareness kap score gt 20 eight patients score less 10 highly insufficient awareness 313 insufficient awareness kap score 1013 positive correlation educational qualification awareness level observed r 0495 p lt 0001 mean awareness score patients received diabetes education physician dietitian significantly high compared sources patient education mean awareness scores lower various diabetic complications statistically signifi cant negative correlation observed awareness hba1c values r 0527 p lt 0001 conclusion majority patients sufficient awareness disease onethird patients insufficient awareness diabetes awareness level patients disease strong influence metabolic control diabetic complications also correlated educational status