Henry I. Okonta|John B. Ikombele|GA Ogunbanjo
Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding lifestyle modification in type 2 diabetic patients
University of Limpopo|Primary HealthCare|Primary Health Care|York District Hospital|University of Limpopo|Primary HealthCare|Primary Health Care
background number persons suffering type 2 diabetes mellitus continues rise worldwide causes significant morbidity mortality especially developing world behaviour change adoption healthy lifestyle habits help prevent slow complications type 2 diabetes mellitus however knowledge practice healthy lifestyles many diabetic patients inadequate aim study sought establish knowledge attitude practice regarding lifestyle modification amongst type 2 diabetic patients setting diabetic clinic mamelodi hospital pretoria gauteng province south africa methods crosssectional study done using structured questionnaire amongst 217 type 2 diabetic patients seen diabetic clinic mamelodi hospital baseline characteristics participants obtained knowledge attitude practice regarding lifestyle modification assessed results 217 participants 154 71 obese 15 7 morbidly obese majority respondents 922 poor knowledge benefits exercise weight loss healthy diet interesting majority 977 demonstrated bad practices relation lifestyle modifications although fourfifths 843 positive attitude toward healthy lifestyle modifications conclusion despite positive attitudes respondents toward healthy lifestyle modifications knowledge practice regarding lifestyle modifications amongst type 2 diabetes mellitus participants seen mamelodi hospital generally poor