The Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of family influence diabetic mellitus diet’s compliance among elderly

Abstract

The prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus is increasing worldwide, and most of them are suffered by elderly. Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of family have important role toward compliance of Diabetes Mellitus diet. Diabetes Mellitus diet is one of main pillar diabetes mellitus management by observing food consumption in terms of quantity, quality and mealtime (3J). Objective: The purpose of this study is to analyze the correlation of family behavior (knowledge, attitudes, and actions) towards compliance to the application of a DM diet for the elderly. Methods: A cross sectional study with 55 elderly were involved. Chi square test was used to analyze the data. Results: There was significant association between the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of family with compliance of diabetes mellitus diet among elderly (p < 0.05).