ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES REGARDING LIFE STYLE MODIFICATION AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETIC MELLITUS PATIENTS ATTENDING ADAMA HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA
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https://doi.org/10.22270/ijmspr.v1i1.2Keywords:
Type 2 diabetes mellitus, Life style modification, Knowledge, Attitude, PracticeAbstract
Background: The person with diabetes mellitus has a chronic lifelong disease, the person must
be knowledgeable to coordinate life style modification in to a daily routine of work to achieve and
maintain normal physiological blood glucose level. The objective of this study was to determine
the knowledge, attitude and practices of LSM management of type 2 diabetic patients in Adama
Medical College Hospital. Methodology: Across-sectional study was conducted to assess
knowledge, attitude and practice of type 2 diabetic patients towards LSM management of DM in
Adama Medical College Hospital. Data was cleaned and analyzed by using SPSS version 16.0
and presented descriptively and analytically. Result: Concerning knowledge of the patients towards
LSM management of diabetic; majority of the patients were knowledgeable which accounts 90
(77.59%) followed by 13 (11.21%) patients fairly knowledgeable and the other 13 (11.21%) patients
were poorly knowledgeable. Regarding attitude of the patients 95 (81.89%) patients had positive
attitude and the other 21(18.11%) had fair attitude. In another way almost half of the patients 57
(49.1%) had good practice. The other 39 (33.62%) and 20 (17.24%) have poor and average
practice respectively. Conclusion and Recommendation: The result of this study showed, majority
of type 2 DM patients had good knowledge, positive attitude and good practices towards LSM.
The researcher recommend all stake holders (Ministry of health, Diabetic associations, Health
institution, health professionals, care givers and NGO) found around this area must cooperate
to improve KAP of the patients towards LSM. Especial attention should be given to the practices
of the patients and further research should also be done on this topic.
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