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Knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes among secondary school-going children in Bangladesh

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a global public health concern. DM has been increasing alarmingly among the young people and childhood-onset has now become an emerging issue worldwide. Unlike other chronic diseases, DM requires constant and active attention of the patients, sometimes of their family membe...

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Autores principales: Akter, Farhana, Rashid, S. M. Mahbubur, Alam, Nazmul, Lipi, Nasrin, Qayum, Md. Omar, Nurunnahar, Mehejabin, Mannan, Adnan
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9713846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36466517
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1047617
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author Akter, Farhana
Rashid, S. M. Mahbubur
Alam, Nazmul
Lipi, Nasrin
Qayum, Md. Omar
Nurunnahar, Mehejabin
Mannan, Adnan
author_facet Akter, Farhana
Rashid, S. M. Mahbubur
Alam, Nazmul
Lipi, Nasrin
Qayum, Md. Omar
Nurunnahar, Mehejabin
Mannan, Adnan
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description Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a global public health concern. DM has been increasing alarmingly among the young people and childhood-onset has now become an emerging issue worldwide. Unlike other chronic diseases, DM requires constant and active attention of the patients, sometimes of their family members for successful management of this disease. Knowledge, attitude, and practices make significant differences at the population level, which largely depend on socioeconomic status, area of residence, level of education, and other socio-demographic attributes. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among secondary school students in grades 6 through 10 attending schools in 18 districts of Bangladesh. A total of 2009 students were enrolled for the study from the selected schools and madrasas from Bengali, English, and Arabic medium. The majority of responders (79.34%) reported that they had heard of diabetes, however, only 45% knew that diabetes can cause blood glucose levels to rise. Among different therapeutic options, only 15% of students had heard the name of metformin, while 56.2% were familiar with insulin. English medium students were significantly more likely to have good knowledge than the Bangla medium students (19.31%, OR: 1. 44; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.95). Respondents of semi-urban (19.66%, OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.21, 2.36) and urban (18.47%, OR: 1.48; 95% CI: 1.17, 1.86) areas were more likely to have good knowledge than rural areas. Of the respondents, 20.61% did not know of any diabetic treatment options. Only a small percentage of students (11%) attended any diabetes education classes and 10.7% of students followed any recommended diabetes prevention methods. Knowledge, attitude, and practice related to diabetes were found to have been influenced by socioeconomic factors, societal practices, and behavioral patterns. This is the first nationwide research study in Bangladesh among secondary school students to study knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to diabetes. With a focus on Bangladesh's youthful population, this study sought to provide an informational framework that can be supportive for effective intervention to increase knowledge of diabetes and its implications.
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spelling pubmed-97138462022-12-02 Knowledge, attitude and practice of diabetes among secondary school-going children in Bangladesh Akter, Farhana Rashid, S. M. Mahbubur Alam, Nazmul Lipi, Nasrin Qayum, Md. Omar Nurunnahar, Mehejabin Mannan, Adnan Front Public Health Public Health Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a global public health concern. DM has been increasing alarmingly among the young people and childhood-onset has now become an emerging issue worldwide. Unlike other chronic diseases, DM requires constant and active attention of the patients, sometimes of their family members for successful management of this disease. Knowledge, attitude, and practices make significant differences at the population level, which largely depend on socioeconomic status, area of residence, level of education, and other socio-demographic attributes. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among secondary school students in grades 6 through 10 attending schools in 18 districts of Bangladesh. A total of 2009 students were enrolled for the study from the selected schools and madrasas from Bengali, English, and Arabic medium. The majority of responders (79.34%) reported that they had heard of diabetes, however, only 45% knew that diabetes can cause blood glucose levels to rise. Among different therapeutic options, only 15% of students had heard the name of metformin, while 56.2% were familiar with insulin. English medium students were significantly more likely to have good knowledge than the Bangla medium students (19.31%, OR: 1. 44; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.95). Respondents of semi-urban (19.66%, OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.21, 2.36) and urban (18.47%, OR: 1.48; 95% CI: 1.17, 1.86) areas were more likely to have good knowledge than rural areas. Of the respondents, 20.61% did not know of any diabetic treatment options. Only a small percentage of students (11%) attended any diabetes education classes and 10.7% of students followed any recommended diabetes prevention methods. Knowledge, attitude, and practice related to diabetes were found to have been influenced by socioeconomic factors, societal practices, and behavioral patterns. This is the first nationwide research study in Bangladesh among secondary school students to study knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to diabetes. With a focus on Bangladesh's youthful population, this study sought to provide an informational framework that can be supportive for effective intervention to increase knowledge of diabetes and its implications. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9713846/ /pubmed/36466517 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1047617 Text en Copyright © 2022 Akter, Rashid, Alam, Lipi, Qayum, Nurunnahar and Mannan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Alam, Nazmul
Lipi, Nasrin
Qayum, Md. Omar
Nurunnahar, Mehejabin
Mannan, Adnan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9713846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36466517
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1047617
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