Investigation And Analysis Of Knowledge About Diabetes Mellitus And Related Behavior In Xiaoying Community Of Hangzhou

Background and ObjectiveFor the past few years, Prevalence rate of diabetes mellitus is increased rapidly, and it become the third disease second only to tumor and cardiovascular disease . In China, diabetes found is late and the condition control is poor , many people have complication when final diagnosis. It is related to the lack of knowledge and the poor behavior. The key to prevention and treat diabetes is good life style. Diabetes education is the first step to combined therapy. Reliable knowledge promopt healthy life style. This investigation aim to study the knowledge & attitude & practice (KAP) of diabetic patients and resident in xiaoying community HangzhouMethods112 resident who havelive in xiaoying community for 5 years were investigated according to the questionnaire form on diabetes knowledge attitude and behavior.The measurement data were analyzed in T test(homoscedasticity) or corrected T test(heterogeneity of variance), All data use SPSS 10.0.ResultsDiabetic had better knowledge in recognition to risk factor of diabetes. Well educated have an advantage to poor educated. The group who had family history had more knowledge. Knowledge is independent to gender and age. Diabetic and general resident have no significant difference in the change of behavior.ConclusionDiabetes education should be intensified in general resident. Diabetes education is a long-term work, we should pay close attention to the result.