Knowledge and Practice of Self-care among Type 2 Diabetes Patients attending University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria.
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2020
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Islamic University Multidisciplinary Journal (IUMJ)
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Diabetes is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality and it has a significant impact on the patients’ quality of life, productivity and involves enormous health costs for virtually every society. The objective of this study is to assess knowledge and practice of Self-care amongType 2 diabetes patients attending University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin (UITH) Nigeria. This study is a descriptive research design in which purposive sampling technique was used to select a sample of 165 diagnosedType 2 diabetes patients attended to at UITH. Data was collected using structured self-designed questionnaires and analyzed was done using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21. The study revealed that most respondents were within mean age of 35 years and majority of them have average knowledge about diabetes and its causes. However, their knowledge level about the disease does not reflect the practice of self-care and quite significant number of them did not comply with diabetes treatment regimen. This study concluded that there is significant relationship between age and practice of self-care among Type 2diabetic patients and significant relationship also exist between self-care practices and re-admission, attended to in UITH. Based on the conclusion of this study, we recommended that health education on patient care practices should be encouraged in health institutions and strict adherence to diabetic treatment regimen should also be emphasized during patients’ visit to clinics following the discharge.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Self care Practices, Diabetes treatment Regimen, Type 2 patient diabetes knowledg and practice