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Village Study

Title: Study of association between

educational status and visit to
diabetic center of the diabetic
patients in my village
 OBJECTIVE

General: To evaluate the awareness of the

diabetic patients to visit the diabetes center for
controlling diabetes mellitus in my village.

Specific:
• To find out the regularity of the visit to diabetes
center according to education
• To find out the sociodemographic pattern of
diabetes
 METHODS

Type of study
cross-sectional study
Place of Study
Village Bhelajan of Thakurgaon district, Bangladesh
Study Population
Diabetes patients of Village Bhelajan of Thakurgaon
district, Bangladesh
Sample Size: 10
Sampling Technique
Purposive sampling.
 OBSERVATIONS AND
RESULTS
A total of 10 individuals were surveyed.
Mean (±SD) age of the patients was
45.29 (±10.89). Mean (±SD) duration
of DM of the patients was 6.99 (±5.49).
Sex distribution of the study
subjects

40%
Male
Female
60%
Educational status of the study
subjects

10%

20%
Below SSC
SSC and HSC
Above

70%
Monthly income of the study
subjects
10%

40%
Below 5000
5000-10000
More than10000

50%
Occupation of the study subjects

10%

20%
House Wife
Service
Business
50%
Others

20%
Family history of diabetes

40%

Diabetic
Non-diabetic

60%
Association between education and
regularity in visit to the diabetes
clinic.
Association between education and regularity in
visit to the diabetes clinic.
 Conclusion
General education as well as health
education programs can improve self-
regulatory behaviour and reduce morbidity
and mortality of diabetic patients.
 Limitations

• Small Sample size

• Small number of variables studied
 Recommendations

The investigator is providing some recommendations for

the future researchers and for the health care
providers according to his experience in this research
work.
• Larger multicenter study should be carried out with
large number of samples and with more variables
• Random sampling should be done for unbiased result.
Keeping in mind the limitations of this study
recommendation for the health care provider and
health policy makers is that they should increase the
health education services for the diabetic patients
Thanks to All