World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATION EDUCATION COMMUNICATION PACKAGE ON LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS’’AT SRM GENERAL HOSPITAL, KATTANKULATHUR

*P. Malarvizhi and Selvakani Pandian Msc (N)

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases in which a person has high blood sugar, either because the body does not produce enough insulin, or cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. Objective: The aim of the study is to improve the level of knowledge on complications of diabetes mellitus among diabetes mellitus patients. Methods: A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of information education communication package on knowledge regarding complications of diabetes mellitus among patients with diabetes mellitus The 60 study samples selected by non-probability sampling technique. After getting the written consent samples was allocated into two groups. Experimental group(30 patients) were provided with pre-test, IEC Package and posttest, the control group (30patients) were provided with the pretest and posttest without any intervention. The data collected with the help of demographic data and self-structured questionnaire regarding complications of diabetes mellitus. Result: The study result showed that posttest knowledge score of control group shows 54.877%, the experimental group shows that 81.33%. Experimental group those who received IEC package on complications of Diabetes mellitus ‘p’ value 0.0001 is more significant than control group ‘p’ value 0.003. Result shows experimental group who received IEC package have more knowledge than control group. The study concludes that diabetic clients have a remarkable increased in knowledge regarding complications of Diabetes mellitus after implementation of Information Education Communication package. As members of the health team, nurses play a vital role in improving knowledge of patient regarding complications of diabetes mellitus.

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