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Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Alak K Das, Prithwish Sannigrahi, Mayukh Mukherjee, Animesh Maity, Jinia Ghosh.

Abstract
Background and Aims:
A proper assessment and understanding of knowledge, attitude and practice factors among patients is helpful in diabetes, for which prevention and control necessitate a lifelong adoption of healthy lifestyles. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding insulin use and its adverse effects among the diabetic population.
Methods:
A cross-sectional, observational, questionnaire-based study was conducted over a period of three months on patients of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus on insulin therapy for more than three months and attending medicine/diabetes outpatient department in a tertiary care hospital. A pretested structured questionnaire comprising of 27 items was administered through a face-to-face interview.
Results:
Responses from 295 subjects were analyzed. Most of the subjects were unaware of different types of insulin (65.8%), believed that insulin could be stopped once blood glucose levels normalize (63.1%) and did not keep a readily available source of blood glucose when went out (53.9%). Males were more knowledgeable regarding insulin use and adverse effects compared to female (p =0.0063). Higher education was associated with good practice regarding insulin use (p=0.0287). Longer duration of diabetes was associated with better knowledge (p=0.0004). Longer duration of insulin use was associated with better knowledge (p=0.0001) and practice (p=0.0155).
Conclusions:
A proper educational intervention is needed that may create awareness among insulin users on the aspect of knowledge that would rather improve their attitude and practice.

Key words: Insulin, Knowledge, Attitude, Cross-sectional, Questionnaire.


 
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Das AK, Sannigrahi P, Mukherjee M, Maity A, Ghosh J. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Majmaah J Heal Sci. 2023; 11(2): 91-104. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009


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Das AK, Sannigrahi P, Mukherjee M, Maity A, Ghosh J. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital. https://www.mjhs-mu.org/?mno=68555 [Access: December 05, 2023]. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009


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Das AK, Sannigrahi P, Mukherjee M, Maity A, Ghosh J. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Majmaah J Heal Sci. 2023; 11(2): 91-104. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009



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Das AK, Sannigrahi P, Mukherjee M, Maity A, Ghosh J. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Majmaah J Heal Sci. (2023), [cited December 05, 2023]; 11(2): 91-104. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009



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Das, A. K., Sannigrahi, . P., Mukherjee, . M., Maity, . A. & Ghosh, . J. (2023) Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Majmaah J Heal Sci, 11 (2), 91-104. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009



Turabian Style

Das, Alak K, Prithwish Sannigrahi, Mayukh Mukherjee, Animesh Maity, and Jinia Ghosh. 2023. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 11 (2), 91-104. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009



Chicago Style

Das, Alak K, Prithwish Sannigrahi, Mayukh Mukherjee, Animesh Maity, and Jinia Ghosh. "Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 11 (2023), 91-104. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Das, Alak K, Prithwish Sannigrahi, Mayukh Mukherjee, Animesh Maity, and Jinia Ghosh. "Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital." Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences 11.2 (2023), 91-104. Print. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Das, A. K., Sannigrahi, . P., Mukherjee, . M., Maity, . A. & Ghosh, . J. (2023) Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Insulin Use and its Adverse Effects in Adult Diabetic Population in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Majmaah Journal of Health Sciences, 11 (2), 91-104. doi:10.5455/mjhs.2023.02.009





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