Knowledge and awareness of diabetes mellitus as a risk factor of colorectal cancer among health and medical sciences students in Kuantan, Pahang
Studies have shown that there is a strong association between diabetes mellitus and colorectal cancer. The risk of colorectal cancer is reported to be increased by 19% for people with diabetes mellitus. However, the knowledge and awareness regarding diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for colorecta...
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Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
2022
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/101663/7/101663_Knowledge%20and%20awareness%20of%20diabetes%20mellitus.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/101663/ https://journal.unisza.edu.my/ajmb/index.php/ajmb/article/view/486/407 https://doi.org/10.37231/ajmb.2022.6.2.486 |
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| Summary: | Studies have shown that there is a strong association between diabetes mellitus and colorectal cancer. The
risk of colorectal cancer is reported to be increased by 19% for people with diabetes mellitus. However, the
knowledge and awareness regarding diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for colorectal cancer in the local
community in Pahang was yet to be determined. Therefore, to start with, this study aimed to evaluate the
level of knowledge and awareness of diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for colorectal cancer among IIUM
Kuantan students, the sociodemographic characteristics contributing to the levels and the correlation of
the level of knowledge and awareness. A total of 127 IIUM Kuantan students participated in this crosssectional
study by responding to a self-administered questionnaire that has been developed using the
available literature on the association of diabetes mellitus and colorectal cancer. The questionnaire was
first validated (I-CVI=1.00), and pilot study was also conducted to evaluate the reliability of the knowledge
(α=0.788) and awareness (α=0.795) items using Cronbach’s alpha value. Then, data was collected
throughout April 2022 by distributing the questionnaire through an online platform among the targeted
participants. The results are analyzed with non-parametric tests: Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test
using the SPSS. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05 at a 95% confidence level. This study revealed a
poor level of knowledge (n=82, 64.6%) and awareness (n=72, 56,7%) of diabetes mellitus as a risk factor
of colorectal cancer among the IIUM Kuantan students. There was a moderate positive correlation between
the level of knowledge and awareness of IIUM Kuantan students on diabetes mellitus as a risk factor of
colorectal cancer (r=0.608, p<0.001). These levels of knowledge and awareness, however, were not
significantly associated with any sociodemographic variables. Therefore, this study proves that there is a
need to improve the knowledge and awareness of the IIUM Kuantan students. Hence, the university could
take action by organizing programs to spread the knowledge on this issue to the students, in order to
enhance their awareness of the risk of colorectal cancer by diabetes mellitus. |
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