BMC Public Health | 卷:17 |
Knowledge attitude and practice regarding diabetes mellitus among Nondiabetic and diabetic study participants in Bangladesh | |
Liaquat Ali1  Hasina Akhter Chowdhury2  Kaniz Fatema3  Sharmin Hossain4  Khurshid Natasha4  Tahmina Khan4  Jesmin Akter5  | |
[1] Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, BUHS; | |
[2] Department of Biostatistics, BUHS; | |
[3] Department of Epidemiology, Bangladesh University of Health Sciences (BUHS); | |
[4] Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, BUHS; | |
[5] Department of Reproductive and Child Health, BUHS; | |
关键词: Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Type 2 diabetes; Bangladesh; | |
DOI : 10.1186/s12889-017-4285-9 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
Abstract Background Increased awareness amongst large population groups is a major determinant for the prevention of diabetes and its complications as well as related metabolic disorders. Knowledge and attitude are the principal markers of awareness that need to be studied in various population groups in specific racial and cultural contexts. The present study was undertaken to explore knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) regarding -diabetes mellitus (DM) among nondiabetic (nonDM) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in Bangladesh. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 18,697 adults (aged 18 years and above; 7796 male and 10,901 female; 6780 nonDM and 11,917 T2DM) selected purposively from the OPD of 19 healthcare centres in and around Dhaka and in northern parts of Bangladesh. KAP were assessed by a pre-structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire and categorised using predefined scores of poor (
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