Patient's Awareness Regarding Diabetes Mellitus During Hospitalization Cross Sectional Study | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 11, Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2015, Pages 244-252 PDF (297.52 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2015.195267 | ||
| Author | ||
| Elhaga Ibrahim Eldesouky Mohamed | ||
| Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port said University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The diabetes Mellitus is a global chronic health problem with devastating, yet manageable complications consequences . The prevalence and complications of Diabetes Mellitus has alarmingly worsened therefore aggressive promotion of continuous patients’ awareness, continued screening and early intervention are pivotal to boosting a positive response in control diabetes and its complications. So the study was aimed to assess patient's awareness regarding Diabetes Mellitus (DM) during hospitalization in the general hospital in Portsaid city. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive research design. Setting: The study was applied in general hospital. Subjects: This study was carried out on 100 patients recording in the general hospital in Portsaid city. One tool used for data collection; "Structured questionnaire sheet" which consist of thirty-eight questions related to the patient's history, socio-demographic characteristics, and diabetes mellitus. Results: This study indicated that more than half of both males and females patients had satisfactory awareness regarding DM. 90.9% of males patients and 73.6% of female patients had significant satisfactory awareness of the signs and symptoms. Meanwhile quite half of both male and feminine patients (54.5% and 52% respectively) had satisfactory awareness regarding the Complications. There is a significant relationship between gender and the Patient's DM Type where X2 (14.240 ) at P- value .001* . Also, there was no significant relationship between the Frequency of follow-up DM and checking the blood glucose level and gender. Conclusion: There is a statistically insignificant relationship between gender and a patient's awareness about diabetes mellitus. Recommendations: Proper Diabetic education programme will help in raising awareness of diabetic patients regarding the disease to prevent acute and chronic diabetic complications. Diabetes mellitus has debilitating effects on patients status and communities. To effectively control diabetes and to delay the complications development, there is a dire need to educate patients, families, and communities | ||
| Keywords | ||
| awareness; hospitalization; Diabetes Mellitus; patients; cross sectional study | ||
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