Health Care : Current Reviews

A quasi-experimental research to assess the effectiveness of health education on knowledge and attitude of dietary management among the diabetic client attending the diabetic clinics in selected hospital in Dharmapuri Dt

3^rd Indo-Global Summit & Expo on Healthcare

October 05-07, 2015 New Delhi, India

PushpamalaRamaiah and A A Noor Siah

Umm al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia King Saud bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Health Care: Current Reviews

Abstract:

Background: The World Health Organization in the 2nd report has stated that education is a cornerstone of diabetic therapy and vital to society. The purpose of the therapeutic program in diabetes is not to cure the patient but to keep the disease under control. If that is achieved the life expectancy of diabetic client is expected to almost the same as that of a person without disease. Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge and attitude of diabetic client regarding dietary management before and after health education. 2. To identify the effectiveness of health education program regarding dietary management. 3. To compare the knowledge and attitude of diabetic client regarding dietary management before and after health education. Materials & Methods: This study adopted a quasi-experimental research design, one group pre-test and post-test with a sample size of 60, where 30 female and 30 male were selected using purposive sampling technique in selected hospitals in Dharmapuri dt. Data was collected before and after health education. Using structured questionnaire which consist of 17 questions on knowledge and 18 questions on attitude regarding dietary management of diabetes mellitus. Results: The findings of this study revealed that there was a significant difference in pretest and post-test knowledge scores in different aspects of knowledge and attitude on dietary management. Hence the formulated research hypothesis was accepted.