Yaa Obirikorang|Christian Obirikorang|Enoch Odame Anto|Emmanuel Acheampong|Emmanuella Nsenbah Batu|Agyemang Duah Stella|Omerige Constance|Peter Kojo Brenya
Knowledge of complications of diabetes mellitus among patients visiting the diabetes clinic at Sampa Government Hospital, Ghana: a descriptive study
Garden City University College|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology|Garden City University College|Garden City University College|Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
diabetes mellitus dm appears global epidemic increasingly major noncommunicable disease threatening affluent nonaffluent society study aimed determine knowledge diabetic complications among diabetes mellitus clients visiting diabetic clinical sampa government hospital ghana questionnairebased descriptive study recruited total 630 patients visiting diabetes clinic sampa government hospital structured questionnaire used obtain information sociodemographic knowledge complications diabetes total 630 participants 325 515 knew diabetic foot common complication followed hypertension 223354 neuropathy 184 292 hypoactive sexual arousal 160254 arousal disorder 135215 eye diseases 112177 heart disease 5892 renal disease 3454 comprehensive assessment level knowledge complications showed majority 378600 t2d patients knowledge diabetes complications 169269 inadequate knowledge diabetics complication 82131 adequate knowledge risk factors associated level knowledge diabetic complications female gender adjusted odd ratio aor 231 156341 married participants aor 337 144793 widowed aor 298 110808 basic level education aor 018 0082050 junior high school jhs education level aor 00350017075 59 years t2d duration aor 0310018057 10 years t2d duration aor 0042 002010 urban dwellers aor 036 022068 respectively participants knew individual complication diabetic mellitus lack indepth knowledge complications expansion diabetic educative programs like using mass media involving national curriculum education improve selfregulatory awareness diabetic complications may reduce morbidity mortality diabetic patients