Yagya Laxmi Shakya
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Title: Knowledge about complications of diabetes among diabetic patients attending in general health checkup, Nepal
Biography
Biography: Yagya Laxmi Shakya
Abstract
Knowledge about complications of diabetes among diabetic patients attending in general health checkup, Nepal
Yagya Laxmi Shakya1, Mandira Shahi2, and Ranga Raj Dhungana3
1Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal
2National Centre for Health Professions Education, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
3HASTI, Nepal
Statement of the Problem: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has risen exponentially over the last three decades, with a resultant increase in morbidity and mortality mainly due to its complications. The study aimed to assess the knowledge about the complications of diabetes and its management among diabetic patients attended in general checkup.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted among 100 diabetic patients in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital with written informed consents. The data were entered in Microsoft Excel version 2010 and analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Findings: Majority of female patients (78.8%) had knowledge of diabetes mellitus (DM). Over half (51.9%), (53.8%) and (57.7%) had knowledge that diabetes can cause the problems of CVS, kidney failure, and retinopathy respectively, but identified lacking comprehensive management. Moreover, the majority (92.3%) of the patients with more than 5 years duration of diabetes had knowledge of diabetic complications. Out of them, slightly over four-fifths (82.1%) had the knowledge that the diabetic patient have to do eye check-up annually and approximately seventy-two percent (71.8%) knew about the kidney failure as the complication of diabetes.
Conclusion: Female diabetic patients had slightly more knowledge in comparison to their male counterparts that was generally higher among 40 years of age above patients with more than 5 years duration of diabetes. Sex and age were not associated with the knowledge of diabetic complications such as eye check-up annual, kidney and CVS problem, hypoglycemia, neuropathy, foot problem, retinopathy, DKA, and stroke. However, duration of patient’s diabetics was associated with CVS problem, eye check-up, and retinopathy, but was not associated with a kidney problem, hypoglycemia, neuropathy, foot problem, DKA, and stroke. In order to make patients along with their family know about diabetes and its complications, Comprehensive Diabetic Management (CDM) including peer educations and counseling can be implemented.