TY - JOUR TI - Assessment of Knowledge, attitude, and practice of dietary pattern in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a locality-based perspective study A1 - Ansari, Tahir A2 - Sami, Waqas A3 - Alsubaie, Nawaf Razhan A4 - Althaqib, Abdullah Ali A5 - Alenezi, Abdulrahman Atallah A6 - Almutairy, Ahmad Nueva A7 - Alshamrani, Mohammad Abdulkhliq A8 - Alanazi, Mohammed Ayed A9 - Almutairi, Meshari Abdulkarim JF - International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries JO - IJMDC SN - 1658-7820 VL - 3 IS - 7 SP - 581 EP - 585 Y1 - 2019 AB - Background: Diabetes mellitus is a lifelong metabolic disease, considered often as an epidemic problem that leads to a reduction in quality and expectancy of life. There is an increasing prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus throughout the world as a result of changing dietary patterns and decreased physical activity. Providing proper education and guidance towards diabetes care among patients could result in considerable development in their glycemic control and disease treatment. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of dietary pattern among diabetes mellitus patients visiting primary health care center (PHC) in Al Majmaah City, Saudi ArabiaMethodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 155 patients with type 2 diabetes that included 73 male and 82 females. Results: Mean knowledge score was 43.22±14.85. The mean attitudes score was 2.33±0.40, and regarding the practice, the majority of the patients did not follow special diet 87(56.1%), and only 24(15.5%) patients follow Diabetic diet. The majority 37(23.9%) of patients took only 1-2 serving of starch per a day, 47(30.3%) patients took less than one serving of fruits per a day, and 64(41.3%) patients only drank 4 cups of water per a day. Conclusion: In general, poor knowledge, attitudes, and practices were observed towards healthy dietary habits among type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients attending PHC in Al Majmaah city. The present study found only 15.5% among the study subjects following a strict diabetic diet which reflects the poor level of diabetic control followed in this part of the country. PB - https://www.ijmdc.com DO - 10.24911/IJMDC.51-1547743129 UR - https://www.ijmdc.com/?mno=26771 ER -