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An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi

OBJECTIVE: To assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in the general population of Bin Qasim Town (BQ), Karachi. METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional study was approved by Research Ethical Committee of Al-Ibrahim Eye Hospital. It included ev...

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Autores principales: Memon, Muhammad Saleh, Shaikh, Sikander Ali, Shaikh, Abdul Rashid, Fahim, Muhammad Faisal, N. Mumtaz, Seema, Ahmed, Nadeem
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Publicado: Professional Medical Publicaitons 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878640
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6317
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author Memon, Muhammad Saleh
Shaikh, Sikander Ali
Shaikh, Abdul Rashid
Fahim, Muhammad Faisal
N. Mumtaz, Seema
Ahmed, Nadeem
author_facet Memon, Muhammad Saleh
Shaikh, Sikander Ali
Shaikh, Abdul Rashid
Fahim, Muhammad Faisal
N. Mumtaz, Seema
Ahmed, Nadeem
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description OBJECTIVE: To assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in the general population of Bin Qasim Town (BQ), Karachi. METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional study was approved by Research Ethical Committee of Al-Ibrahim Eye Hospital. It included every third household by stratified sampling in each Union Council of (BQ) Town, in the months of May to July 2013. The interview Questionnaire included 43 questions, of qualitative and quantitative aspects, which were awarded 56 scoring points. SPSS version 20.0 was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Six hundred ninety two adults one from each household were interviewed. Of the total respondents, 271 (39.2%) had diabetes. Lowest mean knowledge score (5.28 ± 6.09) was seen in illiterate respondents. Male’s Mean Knowledge score (7.61 ± 6.600) was better than female’s (5.46 ± 6.21) with P <0.001. Over all mean score of Attitudes towards diabetes was 5.43 ± 2.57. It was higher (6.62 ± 2.03) in diabetic respondents as compared with non-diabetic respondents (4.70 ± 2.59) with p < 0.000. In Practice module majority of the respondents (69.9%) did not exercise, 49% took high caloric snacks between meals and 87% ate outside home once a month, 56.8% diabetics visited ophthalmologist for routine eye examination; but only 9.2% asked for retinal examination. CONCLUSION: Lack of knowledge of diabetes was found in the surveyed community, more marked in females, illiterate and the individuals not having diabetes.
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spelling pubmed-43861832015-04-15 An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi Memon, Muhammad Saleh Shaikh, Sikander Ali Shaikh, Abdul Rashid Fahim, Muhammad Faisal N. Mumtaz, Seema Ahmed, Nadeem Pak J Med Sci Original Article OBJECTIVE: To assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in the general population of Bin Qasim Town (BQ), Karachi. METHODS: An observational, cross-sectional study was approved by Research Ethical Committee of Al-Ibrahim Eye Hospital. It included every third household by stratified sampling in each Union Council of (BQ) Town, in the months of May to July 2013. The interview Questionnaire included 43 questions, of qualitative and quantitative aspects, which were awarded 56 scoring points. SPSS version 20.0 was used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Six hundred ninety two adults one from each household were interviewed. Of the total respondents, 271 (39.2%) had diabetes. Lowest mean knowledge score (5.28 ± 6.09) was seen in illiterate respondents. Male’s Mean Knowledge score (7.61 ± 6.600) was better than female’s (5.46 ± 6.21) with P <0.001. Over all mean score of Attitudes towards diabetes was 5.43 ± 2.57. It was higher (6.62 ± 2.03) in diabetic respondents as compared with non-diabetic respondents (4.70 ± 2.59) with p < 0.000. In Practice module majority of the respondents (69.9%) did not exercise, 49% took high caloric snacks between meals and 87% ate outside home once a month, 56.8% diabetics visited ophthalmologist for routine eye examination; but only 9.2% asked for retinal examination. CONCLUSION: Lack of knowledge of diabetes was found in the surveyed community, more marked in females, illiterate and the individuals not having diabetes. Professional Medical Publicaitons 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4386183/ /pubmed/25878640 http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6317 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Memon, Muhammad Saleh
Shaikh, Sikander Ali
Shaikh, Abdul Rashid
Fahim, Muhammad Faisal
N. Mumtaz, Seema
Ahmed, Nadeem
An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi
title An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi
title_full An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi
title_fullStr An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi
title_full_unstemmed An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi
title_short An assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of Karachi
title_sort assessment of knowledge, attitude and practices (kap) towards diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in a suburban town of karachi
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4386183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25878640
http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.311.6317
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