Knowledge and Level of Diabetes Mellitus Management Compliance among Clinic Attendees at Jericho Specialist Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Background: Diabetes Mellitus has emerged as one of the most challenging public health problems in the 21st century, it is a serious public health problem that threatens the quality of life of patients which can lead to acute and chronic complications. This study, therefore, assessed knowledge and level of diabetes management compliance among clinic attendees at Jericho specialist hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study that employed a two-stage sampling technique was designed to fill this gap. The records revealed that the ratio of males to females was 1:3, the respondents were stratified by gender, so the proportion of females and males selected was based on the aforementioned ratios. Systematic random sampling was then used in selecting respondents who chose to participate in the study using the list of males and females in the hospital register who was at the clinic on the day of the interview as sampling frames. A pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on two hundred and twenty respondents. Knowledge scores of ≤7, >7 was rated poor and good respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: The mean age was 49.7±10.29 years which many (72.2%) were female. Almost all the respondents (98.2%) had good knowledge of compliance with the management of diabetes. Many (74.1%) ascertained that they sometimes forget to take their diabetes drugs. Meanwhile, most (82.5%) reported that taking medication every day is a real inconvenience for some people as they could get annoyed about sticking to their blood glucose treatment plan.

Conclusion: There was generally good knowledge on the compliance to diabetes management which there is a need to consider the certain sociodemographic factors of the patients before recommending management.