An Assessment Of The Knowledge, Awareness And Impacts Of Diabetes Among Secondary School Students

An Assessment Of The Knowledge, Awareness And Impacts Of Diabetes Among Secondary School Students

Chapter One

Preface

Background Of The Study

Diabetes Mellitus( DM) is a habitual, progressive, systemic complaint characterized by abnormal lipid, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism caused by insulin insufficiency, performing in an elevated blood glucose position( Leon, Alan, and Mutnick, 2010). Diabetes mellitus also impairs blood vessel and whim-whams function and structure. Insulin is the hormone that regulates glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism. The World Health Organization( WHO) categorizes this health concern clinically as type 1, type 2, gravid diabetes( GDM), and fresh subtypes known as secondary DM( WHO, 1985). Prediabetes is a term that refers to a group of persons who have a blood sugar position that’s advanced than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. These people are more likely to acquire type 2 diabetes. According to Graves( 2010), the rising frequence of this complaint among youngish age groups might be attributed to a rise in the number of high- threat ethnical groups, the rotundity epidemic, and other life variables.

DM is a worldwide public health issue that has a significant impact on people’s quality of life( Hyelm, 2003), and its frequence is rising at an intimidating pace. According to the International Diabetes Federation, 415 million people worldwide have diabetes mellitus, 14 million of them live in Africa( IDF, 2013). Meanwhile, 90 of these cases of diabetes mellitus are type 2. By 2040, this number is anticipated to more than double. In Nigeria, the frequence rate ranges between 2 and 7.( Wild S, Roglic, and Green 2004). Encyclopedically, diabetes mellitus is adding as a result of a variety of circumstances, including an growing population, bad diets, and sedentary cultures that enhance an existent’s predilection toward rotundity. In advanced nations, the complaint is current among the senior, but in developing countries, it substantially affects individualities between the periods of 35 and 64, a sizable section of the productive age range. Diabetes mellitus is also current in several countries among adolescents( WHO, 2004). Along with dropped productivity and decelerating profitable development, the complaint imposes a significant profitable burden in terms of health care costs( Whiting, 2011). DM’s classic symptoms include inordinate water consumption, inordinate urination, inordinate eating, and weight loss. There’s mounting substantiation that precluding and/ or delaying the development of diabetes is a possible option via a better diet, lesser physical exertion, and moderate weight loss in order to avoid those with disabled glucose forbearance from advancing to outright diabetes( Chiasson, 2007). fresh threat factors for DM include inherited inheritable characteristics, which are current in those with a family history of DM; rotundity; and inordinate alcohol input( Braunwald, 2016). Complications of diabetes mellitus substantially impact the eyes, feathers, cardiovascular, and neurological systems clinically. Diabetes mellitus, according to Hall( 2014), is a largely current and oppressively enervating habitual complaint that has affected humanity. The complaint is an adding source of public health concern in developing nations, just as it has been for a lengthy period of time in the maturity of industrialized countries( Braunwald, 2009). Diabetes mellitus murders its victims still. Meanwhile, numerous people are ignorant they’ve the complaint until complications appear. Unfortunately, the public is ignorant of the magnitude of the issue, as well as of the current strategies for avoiding and controlling DM complications( Park, 2011).

Knowledge of diabetes mellitus may help avoid the onset of habitualco-morbidities, which have a substantial influence on an existent’s quality of life. Information may help individualities in determining their threat of acquiring diabetes, motivating them to seek applicable treatment and helping them to borrow actions that can help avoid the development of DM. Academic institutions and sodalities are excellent locales to launch programs that promote knowledge and mindfulness regarding life- related ails and precautionary conduct. A review of the literature revealed just a many studies that tested university scholars’ knowledge of diabetes mellitus. Many studies that examined undergraduates’ understanding of DM in numerous Asian nations, including south- western Nigeria, revealed that scholars demanded introductory knowledge. Meanwhile, no exploration has been conducted on this subject that examines secondary academy pupils’ understanding. therefore, this exploration aims to assess diabetes knowledge, mindfulness, and effect among elderly secondary academy scholars in Bayelsa State’s Nembe Local Government Area.

Statement Of The Problem

Diabetes mellitus( DM) is a habitual, progressive systemic complaint that’s characterized by abnormal lipid, carbohydrate, and protein metabolism as a consequence of absolute or relative insulin insufficiency. Polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia, and weight loss are all symptoms of diabetes mellitus or elevated blood glucose situations( hyperglycemia). Diabetes mellitus, if left unbridled or inaptly managed, may affect in significant complications similar as blindness, renal failure, and cardiovascular difficulties. These frequently arise in persons who are ignorant of the complaint. The purpose of this exploration was to determine the position of knowledge, mindfulness, and effect of diabetes among elderly secondary academy scholars in Bayelsa State’s Nembe Local Government Area.

Ideal Of The Study

The overall end of this study is to critically examine the knowledge, mindfulness and impact of diabetes among elderly secondary academy scholars in Nembe Local Government Area Of Bayelsa State. Hence, the study will be conducted to the following specific objects;

1. Ascertain scholars knowledge of the causes of diabetes.

2. Ascertain scholars knowledge of the types of diabetes.

3. Ascertain scholars knowledge of the symptoms of diabetes.

4. Ascertain scholars knowledge of the threat factors of diabetes.

5. Ascertain scholars knowledge of the impact/ complications of diabetes.

Exploration Question

The study will be guided by the following questions;

1. What’s the scholars knowledge of the causes of diabetes?

2. What’s the scholars knowledge of the types of diabetes?

3. What’s the scholars knowledge of the symptoms of diabetes?

4. What’s the scholars knowledge of the threat factors of diabetes?

5. What’s the scholars knowledge of the impact/ complications of diabetes?

Significance Of The Study

Diabetes is a major threat factor for heart failure, renal failure, blindness, and stroke. The control of blood pressure is important in the operation of Diabetes. Hence, knowing the threat associated with diabetes, it becomes necessary to educate the youthful bones on the causes, symptoms and goods of diabetes. This will help to control the frequence of the illness.

also, posterior experimenters will use it as literature review. This means that, other scholars who may decide to conduct studies in this area will have the occasion to use this study as available literature that can be subordinated to critical review. Always, the result of the study contributes immensely to the body of academic knowledge with respects to knowledge, mindfulness and impact of diabetes among elderly secondary academy scholars in Nembe Local Government Area Of Bayelsa State.

Compass Of The Study

This study is structured to generally examine the knowledge, mindfulness and impact of diabetes among elderly secondary academy scholars in Nembe Local Government Area Of Bayelsa State. still, the study will further ascertain scholars knowledge of the causes of diabetes, ascertain scholars knowledge of the types of diabetes, ascertain scholars knowledge of the symptoms of diabetes, ascertain scholars knowledge of the threat factors of diabetes, and ascertain scholars knowledge of the impact/ complications of diabetes. thus, the repliers for this study will be attained from elderly secondary academy scholars in Nembe Local Government Area Of Bayelsa State.

Limitation Of The Study

Like in every mortal bid, the experimenter encountered slight constraints while carrying out the study. inadequate finances tend to stymie the effectiveness of the experimenter in sourcing for the applicable accoutrements , literature, or information and in the process of data collection, which is why the experimenter resorted to a limited choice of sample size. More so, the experimenter contemporaneously engaged in this study with other academic work. As a result, the quantum of time spent on exploration will be reduced.

Description Of Terms

Pupil A pupil is primarily a person enrolled in a academy or other educational institution and who’s under learning with pretensions of acquiring knowledge, developing professions and achieving employment in a asked field.

Knowledge This is a familiarity or mindfulness, of someone or commodity, similar as data, chops, or objects contributing to bones understanding.

Diabetes This is also known as diabetes mellitus. It’s a habitual, metabolic complaint characterized by elevated situations of blood glucose( or blood sugar), which leads over time to serious damage to the heart, blood vessels, eyes, feathers and jitters.