Open AccessDiabetes self-care activities: A community-based survey in an urban slum in Hyderabad, India
Author(s) -
K B Chandrika,
Biranchi Narayan Das,
Saba Syed,
Sairam Challa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_236_19
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , socioeconomic status , odds ratio , confidence interval , cross sectional study , slum , environmental health , gerontology , demography , population , endocrinology , pathology , sociology
Diabetes is a chronic illness with silent manifestations, which can be better managed by the individual through self-care behaviors such as diet control, proper exercise, monitoring blood glucose, and adherence to dug.