Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 among young adults with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus amid the nationwide lockdown in India: A cross-sectional survey.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract
; 166: 108344, 2020 Aug.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-912146
ABSTRACT
AIMS:
To assess knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) towards COVID-19 amid nationwide lockdown in India.METHODS:
We conducted a cross-sectional web-based survey among young adults with T1DM (aged 18-30 years) in the North, Central, South, and West zones of India. It consisted of fifteen, five and eight questions pertaining to knowledge, attitude, and practices towards COVID-19, respectively. Certain questions relevant to T1DM were also incorporated.RESULTS:
After exclusion, 212 participants were included (mean age = 25.1 ± 4.3 years; MF = 1011). The overall correct rate of the knowledge questionnaire was 83% (mean total knowledge score = 12.4 ± 1.9). Most (74%) had an average knowledge score (mean ± 1SD). Higher educational status, urban residence, and being married were associated with better knowledge scores; however, only urban residence was found to be statistically significant on multinomial logistic regression. Most (88%) felt that being a patient of T1DM, they were at higher risk of getting infected with COVID-19. At the same time, 98% were confident about self-protection. Fifty-one percent of respondents had left home amid lockdown mostly to procure insulin/injection needles/syringes/glucometer strips from the pharmacy. However, all were maintaining proper hand hygiene and majority were following routine dietary advice (95%) and administering prescribed insulin doses (99%). Seventy-two participants (34%) had experienced one or more episodes of hypoglycemia since the commencement of lockdown.CONCLUSIONS:
Young adults with T1DM have average knowledge, positive attitude, and healthy preventive practices towards COVID-19. Awareness campaigns targeted towards rural communities and providing doorstep delivery of insulin/needles/syringes may be more rewarding.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
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Quarantine
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Coronavirus Infections
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
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Insulin
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Long Covid
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Variants
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Diabetes Res Clin Pract
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.diabres.2020.108344
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