Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Hydrie, Nazia Jameel, Syed Muhammad Zulfiqar Hyder Naqvi, Munir Ahmed Shaikh, Sheeraz Hyder, Saima Asim.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Diabetes Mellitus amongst Diabetic outpatients in Rural Sindh.
Isra Med J Jan ;13(1):56-9.

This cross-sectional survey to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices regarding diabetes mellitus and their associated factors was carried out over 384 patients aged >=30 years of either gender with known diabetes mellitus type 2. Study results showed that 66.9% of the participants had adequate knowledge, 43.0% had adequate attitude while only 27.3% had adequate practices related to diabetes mellitus. Adequateness of both attitude and practices was significantly associated with age and education of the patients (p<0.05 for all). Attitude and practices of the diabetic patients were not satisfactory. Participants` age and educational status were significantly associated with their attitude and practices.

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