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October 27, 2025Current Pharmaceutical DesignOpen Access

Gender-Based Disparities in Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Among Type-II Diabetes Patients in Punjab, India: Insights for Tailored Interventions

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SKSandeep KaurSMSidharth MehanGGGhanshyam Das Gupta

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Overview

Cross-sectional study highlights poor knowledge and attitudes in T2DM patients, indicating need for targeted education interventions.

Key Points

  • Poor knowledge and attitudes were seen in 32.8% and 37.4% of T2DM patients, respectively, revealing a significant gap in understanding.
  • In a study of 500 T2DM patients, males showed higher knowledge (33.7%) and attitude scores (50.2%) compared to females' lower scores.
  • Cross-sectional study using SPSS analyzed KAP scores and clinical parameters, applying various statistical tests including Mann-Whitney U and Spearman's correlation.
  • Findings underscore the importance of tailored interventions to improve self-care practices and awareness in managing diabetes.

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Kaur et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ff87d8c8c50a61f2bdcbffhttps://doi.org/10.2174/0113816128409456251008231638
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