ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2024
A cross-sectional study on diabetes self-management practice and its association with glycemic control among type 2 Diabetes patients.
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- Current Diabetes Self-Management and the Number of Documented Complications in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Noncommunicable Disease Risk Factors in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, and Their Association With Ayurvedic Psychosomatic Constitution (Prakriti) and Socioeconomic Status: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Enhancing diabetes self-management: The critical role of education and comprehensive assessment tools.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
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Abstract
Context: Diabetes has emerged as a major chronic public health problem throughout the world. Self-management by diabetes patients is very important for controlling blood sugar levels and preventing complications of diabetes. Aims: The present study was conducted to study self-management practices among diabetes patients and to analyse socio-demographic factors associated with them. Methods and Materials: A cross-sectional analytical study was conducted among 230 randomly selected diabetes patients in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The self-management practices were measured by the diabetes self-management questionnaire (DSMQ). Statistical Analysis Used: The association of the DSMQ score with socio-demographic factors and blood sugar level was analysed by statistical tests like the T-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, Tukey's honestly significant difference, and Chi-square test. Results: The mean DSMQ score of the diabetes patients was 29.55 ± 5.98. There was a significant difference between the mean DSMQ score and the educational level ( Conclusions: Higher educational level, rural background, and long duration of diabetes were associated with better self-management practices. The patients with normal blood sugar levels showed higher diet control scores than the patients with raised blood sugar levels.
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