The study of the perception of diabetes mellitus among the people of Petaling Jaya in Malaysia

Mohsena Iqbal; Farzana Yasmin; Ahasanul Haque; Mohammad Abdur Rashid; Kohinoor Pervin; Mohammad Nazmul Hasan Maziz

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.4877

Authors

Mohsena Iqbal Faculty of Science, Lincoln University, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Farzana Yasmin Faculty of Science, Lincoln University, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Ahasanul Haque
ahasanul@iium.edu.my
Department of Business Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia, 5728 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mohammad Abdur Rashid Faculty of Medicine, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
Kohinoor Pervin Faculty of Medicine, AIMST University, Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia
Mohammad Nazmul Hasan Maziz Faculty of Medicine, Bioscience and Nursing, MAHSA University, Bandar Saujana Putra, Jenjarom, 42610 Selangor, Malaysia

Keywords:

Knowledge, Perception, Diabetes Mellitus, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide medical problem with lack of knowledge, high costs, and maximum cause of mortality. The assessment of knowledge is very important about diabetes mellitus and its causes, symptoms, complications, risk factors among the general population in Petaling Jaya due to gradual increase in diabetes and its complications among patients. Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the perception of diabetes mellitus among the people residing in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. This is descriptive cross-sectional study which included 400 samples of various ages, sexes, ethnicities, income levels, education levels and family history of diabetic patients from ten policlinics in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. A validated questionnaire with five elements was used for this study. The collected data from the respective respondents were analyzed through SPSS software. SPSS has been used to analyse the demographic profile of the respondents, as well as perform exploratory factor analysis and multiple regression analysis. The study's findings indicated that general knowledge of diabetes mellitus, knowledge of risk factors of diabetes, knowledge of symptom of diabetes mellitus, knowledge of complications of diabetes mellitus are factors that significantly affect perception of diabetes mellitus among the people residing in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

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