Rosdi, Nur Amira Muhamad
(2021)
Awareness of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among undergraduate students in School of Health Sciences.
Other.
Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
Recently, the incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) among younger
population has been reported to increase (Punthakee et al., 2018). Therefore, a crosssectional
study was carried out to identify the level of awareness among this population.
A total of 93 undergraduate students at School of Health Sciences USM who fulfilled the
inclusion criteria were randomly selected and included in this study. Data was collected
using a set of validated and reliable self-administered questionnaires. The data was
statistically analysed using the SPSS software version 26. The findings revealed that
majority of the respondents had moderate level of awareness on T2DM (89.2%). Most of
the respondents had normal BMI level (63.4%). BMI level was found as significantly
associated with level of awareness on T2DM (p<0.00). In conclusion, efforts to raise
awareness of the risk of diabetes among younger population need to be continued and
further enhanced in order to help reduce the number of diabetics among this population
in the future.
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