ASSESSMENT ON SELF-CARE SKILLS OF DIABETIC CLIENTS

Adescriptive study aimed to assess knowledge, practice and attitude on self-care skills among diabetic clients and to teach diabetic clients on self-care skills had been conducted in the out-patient department of ESI hospital, Puducherry. Structured interview was conducted for data collection from hundred participants and were selected by using purposive sampling technique. As per the descriptive statistical findings, the conclusions drawn were as half of the participants had poor knowledge and attitude. Considerable numbers of participants had both knowledge and attitude adequately whereas majority of them had adequate practice and only minimal numbers of participants had good knowledge, practice and attitude collectivelyon self-care skills on diabetes mellitus.The inference made out of this is that diabetic patients need to be given adequate information on disease condition; complication and its management to improve their attitude to take care by themselves there by improve practicing self-care skills.