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Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus and Adherence to treatment among patients with Type-2 diabetes mellitus attending a Tertiary Facility in Southern Nigeria
Author(s): Agofure O*, Okandeji-Barry Oghenenioborue R, Odjimogho S and Meeting S Poor knowledge of DM and suboptimal level of adherence to treatment regimen remains a recurring problem among DM patients. Improving the knowledge of DM and adherence to treatment regimen would help in reducing the rate of morbidity and mortality among patients. This study was designed to assess the knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus and adherence to treatment among patients with Type-2 diabetes mellitus attending Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital Okolobri, Bayelsa State Nigeria. This was a descriptive cross sectional study conducted among 140 purposively selected T2DM patients. A validated questionnaire comprising socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of DM, adherence to treatment was used to collect the data. The collected data were entered into IBM SPSS 17.0 and were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics with level of significance set at 0.05. The result s.. Read More»

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