Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice andMedication Adherence of Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients: A Cross Sectional, Observational, Community Based Survey from Gujarat, India

Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude and practice level and to measure medication adherence rate of type -2 Diabetes mellitus patients. Materials and Methods: A Cross Sectional, Observational, Community Based Survey Study. The study used a community-based survey, home to home visit in charotar, north Gujarat, Saurashtra and south Gujarat region. This study was carried out during November 2022 to May 2023, over a period of 7 months. Results: Total 139 Type-2 Diabetes mellitus subjects were enrolled in the study. Mean age (in years) of all study participants N=139 is 57.604±11. Mean value of glycosylated haemoglobin of N=139 participants were 8.298±2.110. Mean Body mass Index of male N=80 was 25.6±4.44. Mean Body mass Index of female N=59 was 26.15±3.89. From 139 participants, 46.04% have good knowledge, 30.21% have moderate knowledge and 23.74% have poor knowledge. Good, moderate and poor attitude level of participants were found 47.48%, 43.66% and 22.87% respectively. From 139 participants, 46.04% participants have Moderate and 53.95% participants have poor practice towards diabetes mellitus. The level of adherence from N=139 participants, we found 7.9% participants were low adherent, 46.76% participants were medium adherent, 26.6% participants were high adherent and 18.7% participants were highest adherent. Conclusion: The knowledge level of study participants regarding Type-2 Diabetes mellitus was quite satisfactory. Many of study participants showed positive attitude towards Type-2 Diabetes mellitus. Study showed, practice regarding Type-2 Diabetes mellitus were very low among the participants. Our study finding showed that medication adherence was low to medium. Ultimately counselling and educational intervention program is vitally important for enhancing knowledge, attitude and practice of disease and improving medication adherence for getting desired therapeutic outcome.