Abstract:
Patients socio-demographic characteristics, their knowledge attitudes and practices
regarding diabetes were surved using a structured questionnaire and the metabolic control
assessed by testing fasting blood sugar. Results were entered into a computer and analyzed
using SPSS version 10. Two hundred and eighteen patients were studied but 41 were left
out due to incompleteness of data and the study population included 177.. Mean duration of
diabetes of the study population was 6.98 + 5.85 years whilst mean age of the patients was
57.99 + 10.5 years. More than 90 percent fell intoage group 40-80 years. .F radio of the
study sample was 1:1.8 Seventy percent of patients were living with their spouse and 98.8
percent were living in their own accomodation. Knowledge regarding diabetes was average
or good in all patients ( abovw 50 percent in the knowledge score scale). 55/4 percent of
patients could identify symptoms of hypoglycaemia. 95.5 of patients scored above 50
percent in the scale fir attitudes.
