Knowledge and attitude of patients with diabetes in government hospitals in the Upper West Region of Ghana

Authors

  • Stephen Kpekura Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Jerry P. K. Ninnoni Department of Mental Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Samuel V. Nuvor Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences and School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20183565

Keywords:

Knowledge, Diabetes, Patients, Self-management, Practices

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic progressive metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycaemia mainly due to absolute or relative deficiency of insulin hormone. This study assessed the knowledge and attitude of clients with diabetes and its relationship with self-management practices in Government hospitals in the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Methods: The research was a cross-sectional survey and adopted stratified sampling technique to select 201 respondents. Questionnaires were used for data collection with a reliability coefficient of 0.8. The data was analyzed using the SPSS version 21.

Results: Knowledge on diabetes was high with the overall mean percentage of 72.8%. Diabetes patients had positive attitude with mean percentage of 84.4%. There was also significant relationship between knowledge of diabetes and self-management practices (p=0.0001) as well as attitude of diabetes patients and self-management practices (p=0.001).

Conclusions: Diabetes patients in the Upper West Region have in-depth knowledge on the disease condition, self-management practices and positive attitude. These sign of awareness of the disease will very much assist in making the control of the condition easier in the area.

Author Biographies

Stephen Kpekura, Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast Ghana Student

Jerry P. K. Ninnoni, Department of Mental Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

Department of Mental Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast Ghana

lecturer

Samuel V. Nuvor, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences and School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Department of Immunology and Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

senior lecturer

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2018-08-24

How to Cite

Kpekura, S., Ninnoni, J. P. K., & Nuvor, S. V. (2018). Knowledge and attitude of patients with diabetes in government hospitals in the Upper West Region of Ghana. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 5(9), 3788–3795. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20183565

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