Kashif Siddique, Raana Malik, Ahmed Usman, Kamran Ishfaq.
Gender, Socioeconomic Status and Health Behaviors of Patients in Type II Diabetes Management in Multan, Pakistan.
Isra Med J Jan ;9(3):141-8.

OBJECTIVE: To find out the association between gender, socioeconomic status and health behaviors with diabetes management of Type II patients in Multan. STUDY DESIGN: A cross sectional study. rd th PLACE AND DURATION: The study was conducted at Nishtar Hospital Multan, Pakistan from 3 April 2015 to 27 June 2015. METHODOLOGY: The data was collected through structured questionnaire from 310 Type II diabetic patients randomly who were visited diabetic outpatient department (OPD). The bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was applied with 95% confidence interval (CI). RESULTS: Of the 310 respondents, (48.7%) were males and (51.3%) were females. The overall respondents mean age was 41.36 years and (37.1%) belonged to 31-40 years age group. Most of the respondents (57.7%) were living in urban areas, (94.2%) were married, (58.7%) were poor and (42.9%) had middle education. Poor diabetes management was seen in (80%) while (20%) had better diabetes management. Highest portions of poor diabetes management were observed in female (96.2%), in female, (96.7%) in poor, (97.4%) in illiterate, (83.3%) in having duration of diabetes more than 3 years, (88.7%) in obese, (86.7%) in having more than one diabetes related complication, (97.1%) in having inadequate knowledge about diabetes, (91.2%) in doing irregular exercise, (95.2%) in having irregular doctor checkups and (91.4%) in poorly managed their diet. These all factors were significantly associated with diabetes management. CONCLUSIONS: Females, low socioeconomic status and risky health behaviors of Type II patient were poorly managed their diabetes. Type II patient's knowledge was important to improve diabetes management and changing health behaviors.

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