KAP level of diabetes and its influence factors among community diabetics

Objective To survey the level of the knowledge, attitude and behavior(KAP) for diabetes mellitus and its influence factors in community diabetics, and provide a theoretical basis for comprehensive control of diabetes in community.Methods A total of 630 community diabetics chosen by simple random sampling were surveyed by questionnaire.Results The overall awareness rate of knowledge for diabetes mellitus was only 60.1%. Only 30.3% of patients had received health education. And 80.7% of patients had a positive attitude towards diabetes mellitus. Implementation rate of health behavior of patients was 74.6%. The level of knowledge for diabetes was related to their culture and the health education they received. The attitude for diabetes was closely related to the level of knowledge. The health behavior of patients was related to the health education, knowledge level, and positive attitude for diabetes.Conclusion The community diabetics had low level of knowledge for diabetes mellitus, and their mastery of knowledge was incomplete. We suggest that health education on diabetes mellitus should be increased, the content of education should be standardized, and the investment on it should be increased to improve the self-management capability of community diabetics.