Study to assess the attitude on lifestyle modification among Diabetic mellitus patients at selected rural area under Varuna PHC Mysuru District

Abstract

Diabetes is fast gaining the status of a potential epidemic in India. In 2000, India (31.7 million) topped the world with the highest number of people with diabetes mellitus followed by China (20.8 million) with the United States (17.7 million) in second and third place respectively. India currently faces an uncertain future in relation to the potential burden that diabetes may impose upon the country. Many influences affect the prevalence of disease. Government policies may help in creating guidelines on diabetes management, funding community programmes for public awareness about the diabetes risk reduction, availability of medicines and diagnostic services to all sections of community. The aim of this study is to describe the attitude on management of diabetic mellitus among Diabetic patients at Mysuru dist. Objectives: The objectives of Study to assess the attitude on lifestyle modification among Diabetic mellitus patients at selected rural area under Varuna PHC Mysuru district. Methods: The research design selected for this study was descriptive design. Non Probability convenient sampling technique was adopted to select 60Diabetic patients at selected area under Mysuru dist. Result: Result revealed that majority of sample are have favorable attitude on lifestyle modification but there is association between the attitude of the diabetic patients with their selected demographic variables such as age, education and awareness programme. Conclusion: It was concluded that the diabetic patients having favorable attitude on lifestyle modification and there is statistical significance association between the attitude and demographic variable such as age, education and awareness programme.