STUDY TO ASSESS THE AWARENESS LEVEL OF DIABETIC PATIENTS REGARDING SYMPTOMS AND PRECIPITATING FACTORS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, GHAZIPUR.
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Hypoglycemia, awareness, IAH, DM
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Introduction- Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a collection of diverse metabolic disorders and a disease of lifestyle. DM may lead to numerous acute consequences; hypoglycemia being one of them. Research has indicated that those with low awareness are up to 5times more likely to experience hypoglycemia. Thus, this study was planned to assess the awareness level of diabetic patients regarding symptoms and precipitating factors of hypoglycemia
Material and Method- The present study was a questionnaire based cross-sectional observational study conducted on DM patients after considering inclusion and exclusion criteria. Socio-demographic data was collected and to assess awareness, Clarke’s questionnaire was asked to the patients. The answers to each question were totaled up and based on the Clarke ‘s score, patients were classified as: “Aware”, “Unaware”, and “Borderline”. For all statistical tests, p-value of 0.05 or less was defined as statistically significant.
Result- The mean age of the patients was 40.98±19.92 years and majority of the cases (77.98%) showed awareness about hypoglycemia. In present study, association of age, gender, education level, income and source of information with awareness level of hypoglycemia was statistically significant. In our study patients were mainly aware of less intake of food as a precipitating factor and had knowledge of heart problems as complications of hypoglycemia. As far as measures are concerned, patients were mainly aware of timely intake of meals as the main measure to prevent hypoglycemia and consuming glucose water as the main measure to treat hypoglycemia.
Conclusion- The awareness about hypoglycemia in diabetics of present study was fairly good. Patients had good understanding of symptoms, preventive measures, and management of hypoglycemia. However, some gaps were there in their understanding of critical concepts which healthcare professionals should address through routine educational initiatives.
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Swatantra Singh
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Maharshi Vishwamitra Autonomous State Medical College, Ghazipur
Santraj Ram
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Maharshi Vishwamitra Autonomous State Medical College, Ghazipur
Vipul Kant Singh
Statistician Cum Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Maharshi Vishwamitra Autonomous State Medical College, Ghazipur
Dhananjay Kumar Singh
Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Maharshi Vishwamitra Autonomous State Medical College, Ghazipur