title: Evaluation of diabetes awareness among general population of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate diabetes awareness among general population of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire based descriptive cross sectional study was performed during 2014. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied using the IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total 383 respondents participated in this study giving a response rate of about 88%. Mean age of the participants was 33±13.3 years and the majority of the participants were females (50.4%). Mean scores of the participants were 20.77±6.65 out of 34 and only one participant scored 34/34 marks. Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U test revealed that females scored significantly higher diabetes awareness score than males (p<0.05). Moreover, urban residential status, better education and higher socioeconomic status were significantly associated with higher diabetes awareness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Majority of our study population had adequate awareness regarding diabetes. However, lack of awareness was observed among illiterate, poor and rural participants that indicated the immediate need of diabetes awareness programs for these participants.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, The Islamia university of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Electronic address: drimranmasoodppiub@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Masood
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, The Islamia university of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ahsan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.affiliation: Pulmonology Department, Bahawal Victoria Hospital, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Asma
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, The Islamia university of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.lastname: Umm-E-Kalsoom
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, The Islamia university of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Amna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zia
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy and Alternative Medicine, The Islamia university of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Aisha Tahir
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001364:Awareness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan; D011203:Poverty; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Awareness; Bahawalpur; Diabetes; General population; Knowledge; Pakistan