A cross-sectional study on the level of knowledge,attitude and practice on diabetes mellitus among population aged 18 years old and above in Rumah Baseh, Bawang Assan, Sibu from 25th May until 7th August 2009
Diabetes mellitus is now recognized as an escalating non communicable disease at phenomenal scale in which WHO estimated that the nwnber of diabetics will increase to as high as 366 million people by 2030. In order to cope with the levitating prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Malaysia, level of...
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Format: | Final Year Project Report |
Language: | English English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2009
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Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12686/7/Cross-sectina%2024pgs.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12686/8/A%20Cross-sectinal%20study%20on%20the%20level%20of%20knowledge.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12686/ |
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Summary: | Diabetes mellitus is now recognized as an escalating non communicable disease at
phenomenal scale in which WHO estimated that the nwnber of diabetics will increase to
as high as 366 million people by 2030. In order to cope with the levitating prevalence of
diabetes mellitus in Malaysia, level of knowledge and awareness among the population
should be assessed and appropriate interventions should be employed. The purpose of
this study was to identify the level of knowledge, attitude and practice concerning
diabetes mellitus among the community of Rwnah Baseh, Bawang Assan, Sibu. Results
obtained were then implemented to conduct an intervention beneficial to the community
in order to establish effective prevention as well as promote early diagnosis and good
diabetic control. Data collection was done via questionnaire based interview with the aid
of set of questions constructed on basic infonnation of the respondents, their knowledge
on diabetes mellitus, attitude towards the disease and practices done. The sample
populations are those above 18 years of age. Data collected are analyzed with parametric
& nonparametric tests. The majority of the respondents are non-diabetic. Although, their
knowledge on the disease was not satisfactory as there were only 54% of respondents
with good knowledge, their attitude was very good indeed with 61 %. However, total
score for practice was very unsatisfactory with 72% of the respondents showed poor
practice. There was significant relationship between total knowledge score and household
income (p=O.013) as well as level of education (p=0.046). However, there was no
significant relationship noted between total level of attitude and practice with any socio
demographic factors. There was also significant positive correlation between the
respondents' level of knowledge and attitude (p<0.05). In conclusion, there is great need
for intervention particularly focusing on aspects o(knowledge and practice concerning
diabetes mellitus in aim to ensure healthy lifestyle among the community to prevent this
multi-factorial disease. |
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