Evaluation of the Prevalence, Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Diabetes Mellitus among Adults in Famgbe Community

Diabetes mellitus is a public health issue that has consequences of nephropathy, neuropathy, and retinopathy and should be researched and prevented, so in a bid to ascertain the prevalence, knowledge, attitude, and practices of diabetes mellitus in a rural area; Famgbe Community in Bayelsa State, Nigeria was selected and a descriptive cross-sectional survey was done in the community among persons aged 18 and above, using a self-administered questionnaire to 314 respondents.From the results of this study, 75.8% of respondents reported that they do not have any family history of diabetes, 45.5% reported that they knew the range for a normal blood sugar reading, and 62.8% of respondents reported that they never checked their blood sugar levels.The findings showed that more than half of the study population had a good awareness of diabetes a positive attitude toward the disease and appropriate practices towards the diseases.