A cross-sectional study to assess Knowledge on self-administration of insulin among diabetic patients attending General Medicine OPD of Shah Satanam Ji Speciality Hospitals Sirsa Haryana

Abstract

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is widely recognized as one of the leading causes of death and disability among world population. According to WHO in 2014, 8.5% of adults aged 18 years and older had diabetes. In 2019, diabetes was the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths and 48% of all deaths due to diabetes occurred before the age of 70 years. Between 2000 and 2016, there was a 5% increase in premature mortality rates (i.e. before the age of 70) from diabetes. Objectives: To assess the knowledge regarding self-administration of insulin injection among diabetes mellitus patients in medicine OPD and to find the association between the knowledge and selected demographic variables. Methods: Total 50 diabetes mellitus patient on insulin therapy were selected by convenient sampling method. Researcher's convenience and familiarity with settings were added reason. The tools used for data collection is a structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge of the diabetes mellitus patients regarding self-administration of insulin injection. Results: In the study, 30 participants (60.0%) are having average knowledge regarding self-administration of insulin injection, 15 participants (30.0%) are having good knowledge regarding self-administration of insulin injection and 5 participants (10.0%) are having poor knowledge regarding self-administration of insulin injection. Conclusion: Better knowledge of self-administration of insulin is required among patients.