Ghazali, Nurul Anis Salsabiela and Loo, Cheng Yee and Hambali, Siti Nasuha (2021) Sociodemographic factors associated with diabetic knowledge and attitude among older persons in Selangor. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
This research was conducted to determine the level of diabetic knowledge and attitude among older persons in Selangor, the sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents, the association between knowledge and sociodemographic factors, the association between knowledge and attitude towards diabetes mellitus, association between attitude and sociodemographic factors. Diabetes is one of the main non communicable diseases in Malaysia. It doesn’t only occur for older people, but it can be diagnosed in younger people as well. If it is not treated properly, it can result in other complications related to macrovascular and microvascular. Research studies also show diabetes mellitus patients show an increasing trend every year worldwide. In Particular, elderly show the highest prevalence. A cross sectional study was conducted among Malaysian elderly aged 60 years and above that resided in Selangor for more than 6 months. Secondary data which was collected by an online questionnaire consists of three sections which are sociodemographic factors, knowledge on diabetes mellitus and attitude towards diabetes mellitus. A total of 177 older persons in Selangor have took part in the study. There was a significant association between the sociodemographic factors of marital status, religion, and monthly income with diabetic knowledge among the older persons in Selangor. However, there was no significant association between the sociodemographic factors of age, gender, race, current employment status and level of education with diabetic knowledge among the older persons in Selangor. As for attitude towards diabetes, it was shown that there is significant association between the sociodemographic factors of race, religion, current employment status and monthly income with attitude towards diabetes among older persons in Selangor. There was no significant association between the sociodemographic factors of age, gender, marital status and educational level with attitude towards diabetes among older persons in Selangor. On the other hand, there was a significant association between diabetic knowledge and attitude towards diabetes among older persons in Selangor.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2023 04:40 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2023 04:42 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/918 |
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