DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i03.082

Pages: 1219-1222

Treatment compliance and self-care are the most important aspects for diabetic patients to prevent or delay the complications. To assess awareness regarding some of the important aspects of diabetes care using Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) questionnaire. This cross-sectional observational study was carried out in tertiary care teaching institute in Pune city of Maharashtra state, India. Known cases of type 2 diabetes seeking treatment from the institute were included in the study by purposive sampling technique. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to obtain socio-demographic details and awareness regarding certain important aspects of diabetes care. Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) scale, a simple, one page questionnaire was also used to study some of the important aspects. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate percentages, means and standard deviation of demographic and clinical variables. Differences between genders were measured using t-test for continuous variables. Total 25 diabetic subjects were included in the study. The diabetic subjects were distributed in four quartiles of age with mean of 58.16 ± 9.66 years. Most of the study population were male 22(88%) and 3(12%) were female. 52% believed that insulin is the last treatment and should be avoided, whereas 7% were not agreed to that. Around 40% participants did not agreed to that if strict diet control is practiced; insulin can be avoided whereas 24% were also not sure. Fifty six percent participants said that diet control is needed after taking tablets and 32% said diet control is not needed after taking tablets. More participants (72%) were found aware regarding regular exercise is needed with tablets. PAID mean score was 17.86 ± 8.75. It was observed that PAID mean scores were dependent on the literacy status, duration of the diabetes. Diabetic patients lack awareness on many important aspects of diabetic care. It is important to take efforts to improve awareness by health care providers.