Anju Gautam|Dharma Nand Bhatta|Umesh Raj Aryal
Diabetes related health knowledge, attitude and practice among diabetic patients in Nepal
Pokhara University|Pokhara University|Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital
globally diabetes top priority chronic disease health literary would cost effective prevention control diabetes consequences study conducted determine level diabetes related health knowledge attitude practice kap among diabetic patient factors associated kapan institutional based crosssectional study conducted using nonprobability sampling technique select diabetic patients total 244 diabetic patients interviewed july november 2014 data collected face face interview using structured interviewer rater questionnaires relative risk ratio rrr 95 confidence interval ci associated factors estimated stepwise likelihood ratio method multinomial logistic regressionmore half 525 patients female 18 illiterate 246 rural residence diabetes related risk factors common among diabetic patients 98 smoker 16 alcohol drinking 176 reported low physical activity median score knowledge attitude practice 81 40 14 respectively among patients 123 127 16 highly satisfactory knowledge attitude practice respectively using highly insufficient knowledge baseline likelihood level highly sufficient knowledge 17 times higher among patients graduated level education compared illiterate albeit value comparatively lower insufficient level knowledge probability sufficient level practice among diabetic patient history smoking 010 times lower patient history smokingour study reveals variation diabetes related health knowledge attitude practice nepal among affected diabetes results show potential diabetes health literacy needs improved developed better health promotion