Addisu Simachew
Department of Nursing, Dima Technology College, Debre Markos, Ethiopia
Publications
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Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, practice, and their associated factor towards Diabetes Mellitus among peoples live in Debre Markos Town, North West Ethiopia, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia 2020 GC.
Author(s): Addisu Simachew* and Habtamu Temesegen
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disease in which there is high blood glucose level over a prolonged period of time, chronic multi system disease related to abnormal insulin production, impaired insulin utilization and both. Risk of diabetes are obesity, being young or old age, family history of diabetes, history gestational diabetes, impaired, glucose metabolism, physical inactivity and ethnicity/race respectively. In type one diabetes mellitus insulin injection is needed to control the blood glucose level where as in type two diabetes mellitus the first line treatment is life style modification like diet management, exercise, and weight reduction then if uncontrolled use oral hypoglycemic agent. Objective: The main aim of the study was to assess Knowledge, Attitude, practice and their associated factor towards diabetes me.. Read More»
