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Globally the seventh-leading cause of death is Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus. The estimated frequency of diabetes in India was 77 million in 2019, which may rise to 134 million by 2045. One of the major complications of Diabetes Mellitus is chronic kidney disease. This study is aimed to assess the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Chronic Kidney Disease among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients. Hospital based Cross sectional study conducted among 190 Diabetes patients above 18 years of age by Convenience sampling. Mean Age of the participants was 54±9 years. Male respondants were higher 111 (58%) compared to Female 79 (42%). The mean Knowledge score was 4.83 (SD±4.07) out of 15, Attitude score was 7.22 (SD±2.07) out of 10 and Practice score was 1.81 (SD±1.82) out of 7. Majority of participants 128 (67.4%) had low level of Knowledge and 147 (77.4%) had low level of Practice. Positive Attitude is seen in 156 (82.1%) of participants towards CKD. There is signicant association between Employment status and Practices of Diabetes patients towards CKD with p value 0.044 (p<0.05). Results revealed Diabetes patients have good attitude but poor knowledge and practices towards chronic kidney diseases. This concludes that there is alarming need to improve awareness atleast amongst the population at risk of getting complications like CKD. Also to promote better compliance of patients towards drug, exercise and drug regimen.
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