Knowledge and attitude of general population of Barabanki and Lucknow towards Diabetes Mellitus.

Background: In today's era lifestyle related disease like diabetes mellitus, has emerged as a major public health problem. Diabetes mellitus, a common metabolic disorder, which accounts for a high incidence of morbidity, leads to various events including micro and macro vascular complications. This study aims to assess the baseline levels of (KA) knowledge and attitude of general population of Barabanki and Lucknow. Materials and methods: The present cross sectional study was carried out on general population of Barabanki and Lucknow with the help of a suitably designed and validated KAP questionnaire. The questionnaire was pretested and verified for errors. The data was analyzed statistically. Results: Altogether, 60.12% of respondents scored 100% in the questions related with knowledge. However 23.54% scored 100% in the attitude questions. Conclusions: We can conclude that the responders had good knowledge but poor attitude towards diabetes. We can overcome this by increasing quality of health education and improving applicability of scope of health education at all level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]