Awareness regarding diabetes complications among patients with diabetes in a tertiary hospital

Authors

  • Devaka Kumari Acharya Maharajgunj Nursing Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Binita Sigdel Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Nepal
  • Anil Bhattarai Manmohan Cardiothoracic Vascular and Transplant Center, Kathmandu, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v14i01.92730

Keywords:

Awareness, Complications of diabetes, Diabetic patients

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

People with diabetes mellitus have a high risk of several serious health problems that increase healthcare costs, decrease life quality, and increase the death rate. The study aimed to assess the awareness regarding diabetic complications among patients with diabetes.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the Endocrine Outpatient Department of Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. A total of 101 patients diagnosed with diabetes were selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with structured interview questionnaires in the Outpatient Department before and or after medical checkups. Data were entered in SPSS version 16 and analyzed using descriptive statistics for frequency, percent, median, mean, and interquartile range, and inferential statistics Chi-square to measure the association between awareness of diabetic complications and sociodemographic and disease-related variables.

RESULTS

More than half (56.4%) of the respondents had an adequate level of awareness and more than two-fifths (43.6) of the respondents had an inadequate level of awareness on complications of diabetes. Awareness of complications of diabetes was significantly associated with duration of diabetes (p=0.05) and experience of diabetes complications (p=0.03).

CONCLUSION

This study concludes that nearly half of diabetic patients have inadequate awareness on complications of their disease. To decrease the onset of diabetic complications and financial burden to the patients and healthcare system and increase the patients’ quality of life diabetic awareness programs are required to be conducted at the community and health institution level.

 

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Devaka Kumari Acharya, Maharajgunj Nursing Campus, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Binita Sigdel, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Nepal

Epidemiology and Disease Control Division

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Published

2026-05-22

How to Cite

Devaka Kumari Acharya, Binita Sigdel, & Anil Bhattarai. (2026). Awareness regarding diabetes complications among patients with diabetes in a tertiary hospital. Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences, 14(01), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v14i01.92730

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 01 (2026): Issue 36

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