ADHERENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS TO TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS CARE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AT KISII COUNTY- NURSING RESEARCH PROJECT
| Institution | Kenya Medical Training College |
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ADHERENCE AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS TO TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS CARE AMONG ADOLESCENTS AT KISII COUNTY
the recommendations management is associated with better clinical outcomes. In Kisii County, the adherence of adolescents living with T1DM to diabetic care is not well known. The study had the purpose to assess the adherence of children suffering from T1DM to Diabetic care and its associated factors. The quantitative cross-section study was conducted in Kisii County Diabetic Association Centre in Nyamache Sub- County, Kisii County among a convenient sample of 108. The study was conducted from February to April (precise date). A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Ethical approval was sought and obtained from UR-CMHS-IRB (number of ethics). Participation was voluntary and other ethical principles were observed throughout the study. Descriptive data were entered into the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21, and then analyzed using Pearson Chi-square, to determine association between variables. The significance level was set at p-value of < 0.05
A total of 106 (98%) participants who consisted of 40.6% male and 59.4% female completed the survey. The majority of participants were aged between 15-19 (79.2%) years while 22(20.8%) were between 10-14 years old. 79.2% were adherent to diabetic care while 20.8% were not adherent. (72.6%) had schooling while (27.4%) did not attend school. The majority of the participants (79.2%) were in boarding school and (20.8%) were living out of school. Moreover (63.2%) children were living with both parents and (61.3%) of parents were married. There is no association between adherence and Age, gender , Child in boding school,
Duration of medication, or if there are causes delayed respect of nurse‘ instructions but the others factors are associated with adherence: schooling child( p:0.001) , Relationship with guardian p:0.001) Parent status(p:<001) ,Guardian‘ occupation(p:<001), education level of guardian( p:0.017) (p:),Ubudehe category(p:<001), Health insurance(p:0.025) Complication (p:0.001) and Co-morbidities
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3. Know the diagnostic techniques used in pathology
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