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| | | Article Name : | | | Knowledge on Alzheimer’s disease among diabetic
patients in selected hospital in Dhaka City | | Author Name : | | | Md OSMAN GONI, SHAHANAZ CHOWDHURY1, RASHIDA KHATUN | | Publisher : | | | Bridge Center | | Article URL : |  | | | Abstract : | | | A recent important global public health issue in the recent world
is Alzheimer’s disease. A cross sectional study was done to assess
Alzheimer’s disease knowledge among the 229 diabetic patients who
visited the outdoor of the Life & Care Hospital, Hajaribug and
Kamrangirchor Upazila Health Complex, Kamrangirchor, Dhaka.
Sample was taken by systemic sampling technique of 5 patient interval
and data collected by 30-items validated Alzheimer’s disease Knowledge
Scale (ADKS) questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software
version-26. It was found that majority (52.4%) of the respondents were
women. Almost all of the respondents (96.9%) were married. Majority
(52%) of the respondents had others level of education that include below
HSC, below SSC, below Primary, and also illiterate. Most (81.7%) of the
respondents were Muslim. Majority (43.2%) of the respondent had
diabetes for 3-5 years. Two third (64.2%) respondents had family history
of diabetes mellitus. Majority (94.9%), (96.8%), (96.7%), (96.4%),
(97.6%), (97.2%), (94.9%) of the respondents don’t know about the course,
life impact, care giving, treatment and management, assessment and
diagnosis, symptom and risk factor respectively. Based on the study it
is found poor levels of knowledge on risk factors, sign and symptoms, assessment and diagnosis of AD, treatment and management of AD,
care giving of AD, life impact of AD and course of Alzheimer’s disease.
The study revealed that overall knowledge of AD among diabetic
patients was poor, an indication that more public health emphasis on
education campaigns in teaching people about Alzheimer’s disease
particularly in diabetic patients. | | Keywords : | | | Alzheimer’s disease, diabetic patients, hospitals, Dhaka
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