Knowledge on Alzheimer's disease among diabetic patients in selected hospital in Dhaka City

A recent important global public health issue in the recent world is Alzheimer’s disease. A cross sectional study was done to assess Alzheimer’s disease knowledge among the 229 diabetic patients who visited the outdoor of the Life & Care Hospital, Hajaribug and Kamrangirchor Upazila Health Complex, Kamrangirchor, Dhaka. Sample was taken by systemic sampling technique of 5 patient interval and data collected by 30-items validated Alzheimer’s disease Knowledge Scale (ADKS) questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version-26. It was found that majority (52.4%) of the respondents were women. Almost all of the respondents (96.9%) were married. Majority (52%) of the respondents had others level of education that include below HSC, below SSC, below Primary, and also illiterate. Most (81.7%) of the respondents were Muslim. Majority (43.2%) of the respondent had diabetes for 3-5 years. Two third (64.2%) respondents had family history of diabetes mellitus. Majority (94.9%), (96.8%), (96.7%), (96.4%), (97.6%), (97.2%), (94.9%) of the respondents don’t know about the course, life impact, care giving, treatment and management, assessment and diagnosis, symptom and risk factor respectively. Based on the study it is found poor levels of knowledge on risk factors, sign and symptoms, assessment and diagnosis of AD, treatment and management of AD, care giving of AD, life impact of AD and course of Alzheimer’s disease. The study revealed that overall knowledge of AD among diabetic patients was poor, an indication that more public health emphasis on education campaigns in teaching people about Alzheimer’s disease particularly in diabetic patients