Patient's Awareness Regarding Diabetes Mellitus During Hospitalization Cross Sectional Study

The diabetes Mellitus is a global chronic health problem with devastating, yet manageable
complications consequences . The prevalence and complications of Diabetes Mellitus has alarmingly
worsened therefore aggressive promotion of continuous patients’ awareness, continued screening and
early intervention are pivotal to boosting a positive response in control diabetes and its complications.
So the study was aimed to assess patient's awareness regarding Diabetes Mellitus (DM) during
hospitalization in the general hospital in Portsaid city.
Design: A cross-sectional descriptive
research design. Setting: The study was applied in general hospital. Subjects: This study was carried
out on 100 patients recording in the general hospital in Portsaid city. One tool used for data
collection; "Structured questionnaire sheet" which consist of thirty-eight questions related to the
patient's history, socio-demographic characteristics, and diabetes mellitus. Results: This study
indicated that more than half of both males and females patients had satisfactory awareness
regarding DM. 90.9% of
males patients
and 73.6% of female patients had significant
satisfactory awareness of the signs and symptoms. Meanwhile quite half of both male and
feminine patients (54.5% and 52% respectively) had satisfactory awareness regarding the
Complications. There is a significant relationship between gender and the Patient's DM Type
where X2 (14.240 ) at P- value .001* . Also, there was no significant relationship between the
Frequency of follow-up DM and checking the blood glucose level and gender. Conclusion: There
is a statistically insignificant relationship between gender and a patient's awareness about diabetes
mellitus. Recommendations: Proper Diabetic education programme will help in raising awareness of
diabetic patients regarding the disease to prevent acute and chronic diabetic complications. Diabetes
mellitus has debilitating effects on patients status and communities. To effectively control diabetes and
to delay the complications development, there is a dire need to educate patients, families, and
communities