Knowledge and Self Care Practices in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Regarding Diabetic Retinopathy at Lahore General Hospital Lahore: Knowledge and Self Care Practices in Patients with T2DM

Abida  Bashir; Hajra  Sarwar; Afsar  Ali

doi:10.54393/pjhs.v4i05.747

Authors

Abida Bashir Lahore School of Nursing, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Hajra Sarwar Lahore School of Nursing, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Afsar Ali Lahore School of Nursing, University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54393/pjhs.v4i05.747

Keywords:

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic Retinopathy, Knowledge, Self-Care Practices, Nurses

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is the collection of chronic metabolic disease that are all defined by high blood sugar levels with either an inability to make insulin, a resistance to its effect, or both. Objective: To determine the knowledge and self-care practices in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus regarding diabetic retinopathy (DR) and to evaluate the association of socio demographic with knowledge and self-care practices regarding diabetic. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the endocrine department of Lahore General Hospital. 208 nurses made up the estimated sample size for this investigation. The data were gathered using a convenient sampling technique. Data were analyzed using SPSS version24. Results: The results of study showed that majority of participants 180(86.5%) had poor knowledge regarding diabetic retinopathy and only 28(13.5%) had good knowledge regarding diabetic retinopathy. There was no association between knowledge and socio demographic characteristics of participants as p-value was greater than 0.05. Majority of the participants 132(63.5%) had incompetent practices and only 71(34.1%) had good practices. There was no association between practice and socio demographic characteristics of participants as p-value was greater than 0.05. Conclusions: According to the study's findings, diabetic retinopathy was poorly understood by Type 2 Diabetes mellitus patients. The study's findings also show that there was no correlation between knowledge, self-care behaviors, and participant demographics.

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