A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND EXPRESSED PRACTICES ON LIFE STYLE MODIFICATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS AT SRI NARAYANI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER, VELLORE.

Prof. Mrs.Lydia.G.; Dr.P.Pandiammal.

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND EXPRESSED PRACTICES ON LIFE STYLE MODIFICATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS AT SRI NARAYANI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER, VELLORE.

Prof. Mrs. Lydia. G. , Dr. P. Pandiammal.

Abstract :

This study was aimed to Assess the levels of knowledge, attitude and expressed practice on life style modification among patients with type II diabetes mellitus. The approach of this study was descriptive approach. Non probability purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 75 samples based on inclusion criteria. The major findings of the study revealed that 28(37.33%) of patients with type II diabetes mellitus had inadequate knowledge, 35(46.67%) had moderate knowledge and 12(16%) had adequate knowledge on lifestyle modification. Results of attitude shows that 6(8%) of patients with type II diabetes mellitus had unfavourable attitude, 52(69.33%) had moderately favourable attitude and 17(22.67%) had favourable attitude on lifestyle modification. And also, the finding shows 30(40%) of patients with type II diabetes mellitus had poor practice, 37(49.33%) had fair practice and 8(10.66%) had good practice on lifestyle mellitus. And the study reveals association between levels of knowledge, attitude and expressed practice on lifestyle modification with selected demographic variables.