ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE TOWARD COVID 19 AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS IN WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, SPECIALIZED TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GURAGE ZONE, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA, 2021 GC

Abstract

Our study focus on knowledge, attitude and practice concerning the global pandemic COVID -19 among diabetic patient in Wolkite university specialized Thatching Hospital, coming for follow up at chronic disease follow up OPD. There are only few researches was done concerning this recent alarming health problem, currently most available data is from hospitalized cohorts report prevalence of diabetes in COVID-19 is 54.5%,and the case of fatality rate is 33.7% but this study was worldwide not on particular areas ,and still has gaps .we were interested on knowing on the perception of those patients , identify constraining condition by interviewing 123 DM patients by sequential sampling technique ,coming with in the given time, qualitative and quantitative data was collected by 3 public health students after we prepare questionnaire. Our ultimate goal wasto eradicate misconception concerning this critical health condition and provide better understanding to benefit the society and support health policy maker and planners. ObjectiveTo assess the knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among diabetic patients in Wolkite University specialized teaching Hospitals, SNNPR Ethiopia,2021.Methods and Material Institution based cross sectional qualitative and quantitative data collection was conducted at Wolkite University specialized teaching hospital, WKU College of Medicine and health sciences, Department of public health, SNNPR, South Ethiopia. We interviewed around 123 DM patients age >14 by sequential sampling technique after we prepare questioner containing sociodemographic status, knowledge, attitude and practice questions, data was collected by 3 forth year public health student with in the given time and data quality controlled daily by checking for clarity, consistency and completeness. Finally, after we analyzed and interpret the data by scientific calculator and SPSS, the result of this study was presented with text, table and graphs