RR College of Nursing, India
Mini Review
The Efficacy of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge, Practice, Attitude
and Glycemic levels of individuals suffering from type-2 diabetes mellitus at
selected hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka
Author(s): K Ramu
Background of the study
In today’s fast- paced life, people manage to get everything earlyinformation,
money, and even, diseases. Industrialization, socio- economic
development, urbanization, changing age structure, changing lifestyle
have placed India in a position where it is facing a growing burden
of diabetes mellitus and being responsible for a major proportion of
morbidity and mortality. India is currently experiencing an epidemic of
type 2 diabetes mellitus and has the largest number of diabetic patients.
It is estimated that every fifth person with diabetes will be Indian and
every fifth adult in Indian urban areas is diabetic. Keeping in view the
alarming increase in incidence and prevalence of diabetes in India, the
WHO declared India as the ‘Diabetic Capital’ of the world. Increasing
patient knowle.. View More»
