Background: Worldwide diabetes is recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability. Insulin is an important part of diabetes treatment, but one-third of patients fail to take their insulin as prescribed. Since, diabetes treatment continues for lifetime, there is a need to assess the knowledge and understanding of patients in relation to their disease process and its management.
Materials and method: A cross sectional, knowledge and attitude survey was carried on patients with type II diabetes mellitus patients attended medicine diabetes OPD in tertiary care Hospital during the period of July 2017 to June 2018. 100 diabetic Patients ≥18 years of age, willing to respond to the study questionnaire were interviewed.
Results: Regarding the Knowledge on diabetes only 28% of subjects have moderate understanding about diabetes 72% has poor understanding. Only 44% of subjects have moderate knowledge about complications of diabetes. 60% of subjects know why insulin is prescribed for diabetes 40% of subjects doesn’t know why it is prescribed with 28% of the subjects think insulin can cause harm to them.
Conclusions: Our study shows that majority of the diabetes patients had average knowledge and awareness towards diabetes mellitus and insulin therapy. Hence, proper education and awareness programmes must be planned to educate people on proper directions and attitude towards diabetes and insulin usage in order to avoid unnecessary complications.
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