KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE REGARDING DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG THE BANK EMPLOYEES IN BELAGAVI CITY, INDIA: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic abnormality characterized by hyperglycemia. Most often it tends to be asymptomatic and is a silent killer disease. The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly rising all over the world in the last 30 years. The World Health Organization has predicted that there will be 42% increase (51 to 72 million) in the developed countries and 170% increase (84 to 228 million) in the developing countries. Objective: To study the Knowledge Attitude and Practice regarding diabetes mellitus among the employees of selected nationalized Banks in Belagavi City. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted from January 2014 – February 2015 among selected nationalized Bank employees in Belagavi city. Structured pre- tested questionnaire was used to collect information on different variables per training to the study. Results: A total of 385 of Bank employees were interviewed out of which 31.3% of males belonged to 20 to 29 years age group. Majority 252 (65.5%) of the participants were males and 88.8% of the Bank employees were Hindus religion, 75.6% of the participants had no family history of diabetes mellitus. 69.6% had heard about diabetes mellitus from different source. 53% visited physician regularly and 23.6% had their blood checked regularly. Conclusion: The study highlights knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus and it was reported that the participants had good knowledge about self care diabetes mellitus.