A-Study To Assess The Knowledge And Attitude About Non-Communicable Disease Among Women Residing In Urban Area Of Pune City

Research Article
Joyce Mathivanan., Anvita Yelgunde., Krupa Kakadiya., Nirmla Jadhav., Manjusha Jagtap., Rekha Borkar and Joshi S.G
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0808.0705
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Knowledge, attitude, non-communicable disease, women’s health.
Abstract: 

Introduction: Non-communicable disease also known as chronic disease, are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. Today, noncommunicable diseases are responsible for more than 75% of death worldwide, mostly in low and middle income countries where they disproportionally affected people under 60 years of age. Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitude regarding non-communicable disease. To find out the corelation between knowledge and attitude. Materials and Methods: An explorative design was used. 102women who met the inclusion criteria were involved using stratified random sampling technique. The tool was prepared according to past clinical experience of investigator, review of literatures and objectives of the study. Data was collected and assessed for knowledge and attitude. Results: On assessing the knowledge result shows that majority 76.47% of the subject had average knowledge (score 11-20), 12.74% had poor knowledge (score1-10) while 10.78% had good knowledge (score 21-30).The attitude result shows that majority 61.76%of the subject had good attitude towards noncommunicable diseases. On assessing the co-relation co-efficient R value=0.6, hence there in positive relation between knowledge and attitude of women residing in urban Pune.