Dietary misconceptions in Pakistani Diabetic Patients

Authors

  • Syed Tehseen Akhtar
  • Khalid Mahmood
  • Iftikhar Haider
  • Badar Abbasi
  • Abu Talib
  • Siraj-Us- Salekeen

Abstract

Objective: To find out prevalence of various myths regarding diet of diabetics in local population.

Methodology: This was a cross sectional study conducted at diabetic clinic and medical OPD in Civil Hospital Karachi from January 2008 to December 2008. A total of 409 diabetic patients of either gender, age 18 or above who had given the consent were randomly selected. A pretested semi structured questionnaire regarding sociodemographic profile and various dietary myths regarding diabetes were used to get information from the study group.

Result: Out of 409 diabetic subjects 207(50.6%) were male. Average age was 51.6

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Published

2011-01-20

How to Cite

Akhtar, S. T., Mahmood, K., Haider, I., Abbasi, B., Talib, A., & Salekeen, S.-U.-. (2011). Dietary misconceptions in Pakistani Diabetic Patients. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 27(1). Retrieved from https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/17020

Issue

Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011): January - March 2011 Pak J Med Sci

Section

Original Articles