Publication: Knowledge and attitude towards diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients in outpatient clinics at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia.
| dc.contributor.author | Zolkiflee, Nur Dafinah Zolkiflee | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-01-26T04:09:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-01-26T04:09:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study is to ascertain the level of knowledge and behaviour about diabetic retinopathy among non-medical individuals in the community who receive treatment at the HUSM clinic. Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of prolong uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. This problem getting an uprise issue since the statistic of diabetic retinopathy increase in development country. Surprisingly, there has no research done regarding this issue in Malaysia. In this population-based cross-sectional study, 151 randomly selected diabetic patients participated in face-to-face interviews with researchers using a semi-structured questionnaire. The collected data was analysed through SPSS version 26.0. Sociodemographic characteristics, level of knowledge and level of attitude were presented in descriptive statistics. Besides, the association between sociodemographic characteristics, level of knowledge and level of attitude was analysed by Pearson Chi-Square. Points are awarded for each answer based on the answer score. Good attitude to reduce the risk of getting diabetic retinopathy is less than half of the respondents. The results show that 82 (54.3%) of participants have a high level of knowledge on diabetic retinopathy and 70 (46.4%) of participants have high level of attitude on diabetic retinopathy. There was no association between knowledge score and attitude score (p = 0.746), the result shows only 39 (47.6%) of participants have good knowledge and high-level attitude. Lastly, there was the association between sociodemographic factors [gender (p = 0.024), type of diabetes mellitus (p = 0.000), duration of diabetes mellitus (p = 0.040)] and no association between [age (p = 0.082), educational level (p = 0.292), type of treatment (p = 0.977)] and the level of knowledge on diabetic retinopathy. Therefore, appropriate action or strategies should be taken to solve the issue and increase knowledge and attitude in patient attend outpatient clinic. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://erepo.usm.my/handle/123456789/20980 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Knowledge and attitude towards diabetic retinopathy among diabetic patients in outpatient clinics at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. | |
| dc.type | Resource Types::text::report::research report | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oairecerif.author.affiliation | Universiti Sains Malaysia. |