Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is becoming a global epidemic and a threat to the world population. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding T2DM among outpatients of a health center in East-Cost of Peninsular M...

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Main Authors:	Mat Salleh, Rawaida, A Rahman, Nor Azlina, Haque, Mainul
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Published:	2019
Subjects:	RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health
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spelling	iium-791552020-02-26T08:07:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79155/ Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia Mat Salleh, Rawaida A Rahman, Nor Azlina Haque, Mainul RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is becoming a global epidemic and a threat to the world population. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding T2DM among outpatients of a health center in East-Cost of Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 104 participants aged above 18 years were selected using purposive sampling by the researcher to answer an interviewer-guided questionnaire. The total scores for each KAP were computed to find the associations using SPSS. Results: There were significant correlations between knowledge and practice (r=0.481, p<0.001) and between age of participants with knowledge (r=0.562, p<0.001) and practice regarding T2DM (r=0.607, p<0.001). Besides, there was also a significant difference in terms of knowledge and practice regarding T2DM between different sexes and education levels. However, while making a comparison between Malays and other races, the significant difference was only found for practice regarding T2DM. The attitude was found to be similar in all groups. T2DM can be prevented by having accurate knowledge, adopting a positive attitude and practicing a healthy lifestyle. Conclusion: Therefore, policies and campaigns which may change people’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices for preventing T2DM should be properly formulated and implemented to tackle this health issue. 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79155/1/2019-6%20KAP%20Type%202%20DM%20x.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79155/7/79155_Knowledge%2C%20attitude%20and%20practice%20regarding_wos.pdf Mat Salleh, Rawaida and A Rahman, Nor Azlina and Haque, Mainul (2019) Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. İstanbul Medical Journal, 20 (3). pp. 208-213. ISSN 2619-9793 E-ISSN 2148-094X http://www.istanbulmedicaljournal.org/home 10.4274/imj.galenos.2018.80557
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spellingShingle	RA644.3 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Chronic and Noninfectious Diseases and Public Health Mat Salleh, Rawaida A Rahman, Nor Azlina Haque, Mainul Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
description	Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is becoming a global epidemic and a threat to the world population. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) regarding T2DM among outpatients of a health center in East-Cost of Peninsular Malaysia. A total of 104 participants aged above 18 years were selected using purposive sampling by the researcher to answer an interviewer-guided questionnaire. The total scores for each KAP were computed to find the associations using SPSS. Results: There were significant correlations between knowledge and practice (r=0.481, p<0.001) and between age of participants with knowledge (r=0.562, p<0.001) and practice regarding T2DM (r=0.607, p<0.001). Besides, there was also a significant difference in terms of knowledge and practice regarding T2DM between different sexes and education levels. However, while making a comparison between Malays and other races, the significant difference was only found for practice regarding T2DM. The attitude was found to be similar in all groups. T2DM can be prevented by having accurate knowledge, adopting a positive attitude and practicing a healthy lifestyle. Conclusion: Therefore, policies and campaigns which may change people’s knowledge, attitudes, and practices for preventing T2DM should be properly formulated and implemented to tackle this health issue.
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author	Mat Salleh, Rawaida A Rahman, Nor Azlina Haque, Mainul
author_facet	Mat Salleh, Rawaida A Rahman, Nor Azlina Haque, Mainul
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title	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_short	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort	knowledge, attitude and practice regarding type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in east-coast of peninsular malaysia
publishDate	2019
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Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Type 2 diabetes mellitus among outpatients in a health center in East-Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

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