Awareness and Lifestyle Practices among Type-II Diabetics Pertaining to the Disease Attended at Outpatient Clinics of Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad
Razia Sultana
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Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad, Pakistan and Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Ubed-Ur-Rehman Mughal
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Muhammad Ali Ghoto
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Shaib Muhammad
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Jabbar Abbas
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad, Pakistan.
Sadaf Hayat Laghari
College of Pharmacy, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Zaheer Mughal
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad, Pakistan.
Yasmeen Qureshi
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Jameela Jamali
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Tooba Khan
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.
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Abstract
Diabetes is a disorder that affects metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. It has appeared as one of the deadliest pandemics causing 3.2 million deaths per year. The objective of current study was to assess the level of awareness and practice of diabetic patients who were diagnosed with Type-II diabetes mellitus (DM). A prospective, observational study was designed, and subjects of the study were the patients visiting the clinics of Nawabshah Shaheed Benazirabad. The study was conducted from September 2019 to February 2020 among 300 Type-II DM patients with minimum of 34 years of age, who had been diagnosed according to the set criteria of World Health Organization (WHO). The criteria for the sampling were set to be done by non-probability convenient sampling technique. For the collection of the data, diabetes knowledge questionnaire was used, and SPSS 25 software was used for the analysis of the collected data. The statistical analysis generated was descriptive in nature. Majority of participants were male patients (n=158, 52.7%) and major age group was >65 (n=136, 45.33%). The patients with family history of the disease were 253 (84.3%) of the total cases. The patients having poor knowledge of the disease and those with satisfactory practice and routine follow up were 207 (69.0%) and 160 (53.3%) respectively. The results show that the patients had poor knowledge of the diabetes. The practice regarding diabetes falls under the category of average routine practice. It can be concluded from the results that for the awareness of the diabetes there should be arrangements of the campaigns for the general population and with the involvement of the clinical pharmacist and endocrinologist, and by that diabetes could be managed effectively.
Keywords: Type-II diabetes mellitus, knowledge, practice, awareness