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INTRODUCTION: With type-2 diabetes being an important public health concern in Malaysia, primary prevention plays a significant role in managing the burden of diabetes. Heath education is a proven effective intervention to uplift the knowledge to prevent the disease occurrence. This study aimed to assess the knowledge on type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to investigate the relationship between knowledge level and the sociodemographic factors among the community members in Mantin, Malaysia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in eight housing areas in Mantin, Malaysia. A total of 380 participants were recruited using the convenience sampling method. A questionnaire to detect the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and to assess the knowledge level of the respondents was used. To assess the knowledge of T2DM, a validated 24-item Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ-24) was used. The data was analysed by Statistical Package for Social ScienceÆ RESULTS: The proportion of study population with poor knowledge level was 20.5%, moderate level was 71.3% and good level was 8.2%. Factors that were statistically and significantly associated with poor knowledge level were age (p<0.0001) and household income (p<0.007). DISCUSSION: Creating more awareness on diabetes risk factors is important among younger age group and lower income households. Further studies to explore the characteristics on this two significant groups of population are recommended. Interventions to carry out diabetes health educations is crucial to uplift the overall level of knowledge of Mantin population in Malaysia.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-126,
title = {Assessing Knowledge on Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Community Members of Mantin, Malaysia},
author = {Lwin Mie Aye and Kang Wei Sean and Jezmit Singh and Vallimalar Rasa and Daryl Cher Wei Yang},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: With type-2 diabetes being an important public health concern in Malaysia, primary prevention plays a significant role in managing the burden of diabetes. Heath education is a proven effective intervention to uplift the knowledge to prevent the disease occurrence. This study aimed to assess the knowledge on type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to investigate the relationship between knowledge level and the sociodemographic factors among the community members in Mantin, Malaysia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in eight housing areas in Mantin, Malaysia. A total of 380 participants were recruited using the convenience sampling method. A questionnaire to detect the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents and to assess the knowledge level of the respondents was used. To assess the knowledge of T2DM, a validated 24-item Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ-24) was used. The data was analysed by Statistical Package for Social Science\AE RESULTS: The proportion of study population with poor knowledge level was 20.5%, moderate level was 71.3% and good level was 8.2%. Factors that were statistically and significantly associated with poor knowledge level were age (p\<0.0001) and household income (p\<0.007). DISCUSSION: Creating more awareness on diabetes risk factors is important among younger age group and lower income households. Further studies to explore the characteristics on this two significant groups of population are recommended. Interventions to carry out diabetes health educations is crucial to uplift the overall level of knowledge of Mantin population in Malaysia.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Community Medicine Department, School of Medicine, International Medical University},
keywords = {apcph2019, DKQ-24, Knowledge, Malaysia, socio-demographics, type 2 diabetes},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}