A Study on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices among Diabetic Patients in Mahottari District of Nepal |
Author(s): |
| Savan Kumar Yadav , SHUATS, ALLAHABAD, INDIA; Dr Dipak Kumar Bose, SHUATS; Dr Neena Gupta, SHUATS |
Keywords: |
| Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, Diabetes Patient |
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common non-communicable disease (NCDs) globally and leading cause of death. Globally around 366 million people had Diabetes in 2011 and by 2030 this will be raised to 552 million. In Nepal, cause of diabetes among 16.6 per cent female population and 13.6 per cent male as stated by WHO. Hence, this study was undertaken to analyse the knowledge, attitude and practices of diabetes patient in Mahottari district Nepal and found that majority of the respondents were low level of knowledge, attitude and practices but in case of practices respondents were medium level of practices and minimum of the respondents were categorized comparatively medium level of KAP. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV6I70011 Published in: Volume : 6, Issue : 7 Publication Date: 01/10/2018 Page(s): 52-53 |
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