Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Diabetes in Rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Population Based Diabetes and Eye Study

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avondale-bepress.abstract<p>Background: To assess the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) amongst the general community regarding type 2diabetes mellitus (DM) in rural Bangladesh.</p> <p>Methods: Data was collected using cluster random sampling from 3104 adults residing in a rural district in Bangladesh. Participants underwent a KAP questionnaire survey regarding assessing diabetes, socio-demographic and medical history. Descriptive, Chi-square and regression analyses were performed.</p> <p>Results: Participants were aged between 30 and 89 years (M = 51, SD = 11.8) and 65.5% were female. The prevalence of diabetes was found to be 8.3%. The majority (93%) reported to have heard of diabetes, yet only 4% knew what a glucose tolerance test was. Only 50% reported that they knew physical inactivity was a risk factor. Age, gender, level of education and socio-economic status (SES) were significantly associated with KAP. A lower proportion (41%) of older participants (aged >65 years) reported that they knew that dietary modifications assist in diabetes control compared to those aged less than 35 years (69%), p,0.001. Males (b = 0.393, 95% CI = 0.142–0.643), and any level of education compared to no schooling (b = 0.726, 95% CI = 0.596, 0.857) reported significantly more knowledge, after multivariate adjustments for covariates. Participants aged under 35 years, (odds ratio (OR) = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.22–2.43) had significantly higher positive attitudes towards treatments of diabetes compared to those aged $65 years. Of the 99 people with known diabetes, more than 50% (n = 52) never had their blood sugar levels checked since diagnosis.</p> <p>Conclusions: Knowledge of diabetes and its risk factors is very limited in rural Bangladesh, even in persons diagnosed with type 2 DM. The development of public health programmes to increase knowledge of diabetes and its complications is required to assist people living in rural Bangladesh to control and management of diabetes.</p>
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avondale-bepress.authorsFakir Amirul Islam
avondale-bepress.authorsRahul Chakrabarti
avondale-bepress.authorsMohamed Dirani
avondale-bepress.authorsMohamed T Islam
avondale-bepress.authorsGail Ormsby
avondale-bepress.authorsMohamed Wahab
avondale-bepress.authorsChristine Critchley
avondale-bepress.authorsRobert P. Finger
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avondale-bepress.field.custom_citation<p>Amirul Islam, F. M., Chakrabarti, R., Dirani, M., Islam, M. T., Ormsby, G.,... Finger, R. P. (2014). Knowledge, attitudes and practice of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh population based diabetes and eye study. <em>PLoS ONE, 9</em>(10), e110368. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110368</p>
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avondale-bepress.titleKnowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Diabetes in Rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Population Based Diabetes and Eye Study
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dc.contributor.authorFinger, Robert P.
dc.contributor.authorCritchley, Christine
dc.contributor.authorWahab, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorOrmsby, Gail
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Mohamed T.
dc.contributor.authorDirani, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorChakrabarti, Rahul
dc.contributor.authorAmirul Islam, Fakir
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dc.date.issued2014-10-14
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dc.description.abstract<p>Background: To assess the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) amongst the general community regarding type 2diabetes mellitus (DM) in rural Bangladesh.</p> <p>Methods: Data was collected using cluster random sampling from 3104 adults residing in a rural district in Bangladesh. Participants underwent a KAP questionnaire survey regarding assessing diabetes, socio-demographic and medical history. Descriptive, Chi-square and regression analyses were performed.</p> <p>Results: Participants were aged between 30 and 89 years (M = 51, SD = 11.8) and 65.5% were female. The prevalence of diabetes was found to be 8.3%. The majority (93%) reported to have heard of diabetes, yet only 4% knew what a glucose tolerance test was. Only 50% reported that they knew physical inactivity was a risk factor. Age, gender, level of education and socio-economic status (SES) were significantly associated with KAP. A lower proportion (41%) of older participants (aged >65 years) reported that they knew that dietary modifications assist in diabetes control compared to those aged less than 35 years (69%), p,0.001. Males (b = 0.393, 95% CI = 0.142–0.643), and any level of education compared to no schooling (b = 0.726, 95% CI = 0.596, 0.857) reported significantly more knowledge, after multivariate adjustments for covariates. Participants aged under 35 years, (odds ratio (OR) = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.22–2.43) had significantly higher positive attitudes towards treatments of diabetes compared to those aged $65 years. Of the 99 people with known diabetes, more than 50% (n = 52) never had their blood sugar levels checked since diagnosis.</p> <p>Conclusions: Knowledge of diabetes and its risk factors is very limited in rural Bangladesh, even in persons diagnosed with type 2 DM. The development of public health programmes to increase knowledge of diabetes and its complications is required to assist people living in rural Bangladesh to control and management of diabetes.</p>
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dc.identifier.citation<p>Amirul Islam, F. M., Chakrabarti, R., Dirani, M., Islam, M. T., Ormsby, G.,... Finger, R. P. (2014). Knowledge, attitudes and practice of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh population based diabetes and eye study. <em>PLoS ONE, 9</em>(10), e110368. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110368</p>
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dc.provenance<p>This article was originally published as:</p> <p>Amirul Islam, F. M., Chakrabarti, R., Dirani, M., Islam, M. T., Ormsby, G.,... Finger, R. P. (2014). Knowledge, attitudes and practice of diabetes in rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Population Based Diabetes and Eye Study. PLoS ONE, 9(10), e110368. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110368</p> <p>ISSN:1932-6203</p>
dc.rights<p>Published with permission: <a href="http://www.plosone.org/">PLOS ONE </a>and the authors</p> <p>Staff and students of Avondale College may access the full text of this article via PRIMO search <a href="https://www.avondale.edu.au/library">here</a>.</p> <p>At the time of writing <em>Gail Ormsby</em> was affiliated with the University of Melbourne</p>
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dc.titleKnowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Diabetes in Rural Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Population Based Diabetes and Eye Study
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