Aim: The aim of the present
study was to assess the level of knowledge of diabetic patient regarding
hypoglycaemia and to find out the association between the levels of knowledge
of diabetic patient on hypoglycaemia with their selected demographic variable.
Methods: An institution-based,
descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 sampled diabetic
patients admitted to medicine ward and visiting endocrinology OPD who were
selected through purposive sampling technique.
Results: Out of 100 samples, a
majority (55%) of them was in the age group above 40% years, and 51% of them
were female. Regarding educational status, 47% had obtained primary level of
education, remaining 8% of them had completed above secondary level of
education, and most of them 34% were unemployed, majority 45% of them had an
earning income between (Rs. 5000-9000). Maximum 92% of them follows Hinduism,
75% of them had have diabetes mellitus with duration between 1-10 years, with the
insulin therapy contributes 10% with twice a day and remaining 2% of them were
on once a day. Regarding symptoms, nearly 70% of the sample had experienced
hypoglycemic. More than half of the sample 60% had a dietary pattern of 3 times
a day. More than half of the samples 52% of them had fair knowledge on
hypoglycemia and 25% of them were having good knowledge and the remaining 23%
of them had poor knowledge regarding hypoglycemia respectively with the overall
mean and SD 35.5±14.34.
Conclusion: The study's findings
highlighted the fact that most diabetes mellitus patients had a fair
understanding of hypoglycemia. The health care personnel should also take time
and efforts to educate patients about the sign of hypoglycemia. So that
hypoglycemic episodes and morbidity could be reduced or prevented at primordial
level.
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