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Comparative Assessment of Knowledge Gap on Diabetes Mellitus Among Diabetic and non-diabetic Residents of a Rural Community in Enugu state, Southeast, Nigeria

机译：尼日利亚东南部埃努古州农村社区糖尿病居民与非糖尿病居民糖尿病知识差距的比较评估

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Hyperglycaemiais main feature of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 and Type 2 are main categories.Symptoms are polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, blurring of vision and weightloss. It is preventable but has some risk factors, and complications. Thisstudy compared the knowledge on diabetes among diabetic and non-diabeticresidents of a rural community in Enugu State, Nigeria. It was across-sectional study carried out during a medical outreach activity.Glucometer was used to determine the level of blood sugar, among therespondents. Pretested interviewer administered questionnaire was used for datacollection, and SPSS 20.0 for windows was used for analysis. Among the 296respondents interviewed and tested, 25 (8.4%) had diabetes mellitus while 271(91.6%) are non-diabetic. Overwhelming percentage of diabetics had betterknowledge on the parameters studied. The score of diabetics on the types,prevention, and risk factors of diabetes mellitus was 47.0%, whilenon-diabetics scored 16.3%. The difference in knowledge is statisticallysignificant. For symptoms and complications, diabetics scored 57.2%, whilenon-diabetics scored 16.1%. The difference is also statistically significant.Health educating rural dwellers will equip them with the knowledge of DMprevention and management, and ultimately reduce the cases of DM in the ruralareas.
机译：高血糖症是糖尿病的主要特征。 1型和2型是主要类别，症状是多尿，多饮，多食，视力模糊和体重减轻。它是可以预防的，但有一些危险因素和并发症。本研究比较了尼日利亚Enugu州农村社区的糖尿病患者和非糖尿病患者的糖尿病知识。这是在医疗外展活动期间进行的横断面研究。血糖仪用于确定受访者中的血糖水平。使用经过预先测试的访调员管理的问卷进行数据收集，使用针对窗口的SPSS 20.0进行分析。在296名受访者中，有25名（8.4％）患有糖尿病，而271名（91.6％）为非糖尿病患者。绝大多数糖尿病患者对所研究的参数有更好的了解。糖尿病患者在糖尿病的类型，预防和危险因素方面的得分为47.0％，而非糖尿病患者的得分为16.3％。知识上的差异具有统计学意义。在症状和并发症方面，糖尿病患者占57.2％，而非糖尿病患者占16.1％。差异在统计上也很显着。对农村居民进行健康教育将使他们掌握糖尿病的预防和管理知识，并最终减少农村地区的糖尿病病例。

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