TY - JOUR AU - Riaz, Sidra AU - Nisar, Shazia AU - Anwer, Wasif AU - Palwa, Abdur Rahim AU - Saeed, Farrukh AU - Hussain, Mehmood PY - 2022/06/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Effect of Patient Understanding of Diabetes Self-Care on Glycemic ControlA Hospital Based Cross Sectional Analytical Study JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 72 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v72i3.4471 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/4471 SP - 758-62 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To study the effect of patient understanding of diabetes self-care on glycemic control.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Hospital-based cross-sectional analytical study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Department of Medicine, Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Jan to Jul 2019.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> A standardized questionnaire comprising nine questions to gauge understanding of diabetes self-care was applied to 216 patients with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) at Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. Linear regression analysis was conducted to examine the effect of diabetes-related self-care understanding on glycemic control.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> 138 patients were males (64%) and 78 females (36%) with a mean age of 40 ± 8 years (range: 18-68 years). The mean duration of having diabetes mellitus was 12 ± 2 years. Patients with a high score on the self-care understanding questionnaire had better average glycemic control than those with lower scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Patients' understanding of self-care for diabetes has a significant impact on their glycemic control. This asks physicians to educate patients about their role in disease management for better clinical outcomes.</p> ER -