ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2017
Assessment of Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus in the Urban Areas of Klang District, Malaysia.
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- Development and validation of a Malay version questionnaire for assessing risk perception of type 2 diabetes (RPDM).PloS one · 2025Article
- Diabetes knowledge among Malaysian adults: A scoping review and meta-analysis.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2024Article
- Relationship between Treatment Burden, Health Literacy, and Medication Adherence in Older Adults Coping with Multiple Chronic Conditions.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Recognition of diabetes and sociodemographic predictors: results of a cross-sectional nationwide population-based survey in Singapore.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Knowledge of chronic complications of diabetes among persons living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in northern Ghana.PloS one · 2020Article
- Public Awareness of Early and Late Complications of Type 2 Diabetes - Application of Latent Profile Analysis in Determining Questionnaire Cut-Off Points.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2018Article
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Abstract
Diabetes is the most common cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputations and cardiovascular diseases. However, only a negligible percentage of the patients and subjects knew that the feet are affected in diabetes and diabetes affects the heart. Hence, a cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the knowledge of diabetes mellitus among the public of different age group, gender, ethnicity, and education level. A sample of 400 participants was randomly selected and data was collected using a structured questionnaire under non-contrived setting. The results showed that there is a statistically significant difference in knowledge on diabetes mellitus among different age groups and different ethnic origin but there is no significant difference in the knowledge among different gender and education level. Out of 400 respondents, 284 respondents (71%) knew that diabetes mellitus is actually a condition characterized by raised blood sugar. Age and education level of respondents were found to be the predominant predictive factors on diabetes knowledge, whereas the gender of respondents did not affect the findings of this study. An improved and well-structured educational programme that tackles the areas of weaknesses should be recommended to increase the level of knowledge on diabetes among Malaysians.
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