Change in knowledge/awareness and attitude about diabetes and DR after three months
diabetes
DIABETES
The improved knowledge and awareness about diabetes and its control in the intervention group as a result of being trained in the video-based education program was found to be sustained, or even improved, after three months. The control group showed a non-significant improvement from the baseline to the 3-month follow-up visit for all the variables, with a slight but non-significant decrease from the baseline in the number of participants who reported knowing the correct blood sugar levels for diagnosing diabetes. After three months, percentage of participants who were aware that the control of blood pressure was important in controlling diabetes increased by 30.9% for the intervention group, compared to just 3.6% in the control group; this difference was statistically significant (Percentage of participants in each response category of the questionnaire data at baseline and 3-month follow-up visit for participants in the intervention and the control group.P-values were calculated using chi-square test. List of supplementary tables.