Assessment of the Knowledge Regarding Diabetes Mellitus in Medical Students of Nepal

Authors

  • Bishal Joshi Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Buddhi Raj Pokharel Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Sanjit Kumar Kar Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Narayan Bahadur Mahotra Maharajgunj Medicine Campus, IOM, TU, Kathmandu
  • Laxmi Shrestha Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Shankar Yadav Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal
  • Amit Kumar Shrivastava Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v8i02.34246

Keywords:

Diabetes mellitus, Knowledge, Medical students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder with a very high prevalence. Adequate knowledge about diabetes mellitus is essential for medical students as they are future frontline warriors for its management. In the present study, we have attempted to assess the knowledge of medical students related to various aspects of DM.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

In this cross-sectional study, 445 medical students studying in the Universal College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Bhairahawa, Nepal were included. A total of 20 self-designed questionnaires regarding DM were used as a study tool. Each question was allocated a score of one making 20 the highest possible score. The students who scored 13 (65%) or more were regarded as having good knowledge, and those scoring below 13 were considered as having poor knowledge related to DM. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 16 was used for data analysis.

RESULTS

Preclinical students were 309 (69.4%) and 136 (30.6%) clinical students. The mean knowledge score of the total participants were 13.54 ±3.68.  The clinical students (16.23 ±2.26) were found to have better knowledge about DM than the preclinical students (12.36 ±3.56). Year wise evaluation showed that, on average, all except first-year students had good knowledge regarding DM, with the final year students having highest mean score (18.80 ±2.29). No significant difference in the knowledge was found between MBBS and BDS students.

CONCLUSION

The majority of the medical students had good basic knowledge regarding DM. Clinical students had significantly higher knowledge in comparison to preclinical students.

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Author Biographies

Bishal Joshi, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Physiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Rupandehi, Bhairahawa

Buddhi Raj Pokharel, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Biochemistry, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Rupandehi, Bhairahawa

Sanjit Kumar Kar, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Physiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Rupandehi, Bhairahawa

Narayan Bahadur Mahotra, Maharajgunj Medicine Campus, IOM, TU, Kathmandu

Department of Clinical physiology, Maharajgunj Medicine Campus, IOM, TU, Kathmandu

Laxmi Shrestha, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Pharmacology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Rupandehi, Bhairahawa

Shankar Yadav, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Physiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Rupandehi, Bhairahawa

Amit Kumar Shrivastava, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Bhairahawa, Nepal

Department of Pharmacy, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Rupandehi, Bhairahawa, Nepal

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Published

2020-12-31

How to Cite

Joshi, B., Pokharel, B. R., Kar, S. K., Mahotra, N. B., Shrestha, L., Yadav, S., & Shrivastava, A. K. (2020). Assessment of the Knowledge Regarding Diabetes Mellitus in Medical Students of Nepal. Journal of Universal College of Medical Sciences, 8(02), 20–24. https://doi.org/10.3126/jucms.v8i02.34246

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Vol. 8 No. 02 (2020)

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