Abstract:
The study aimed at assessing the knowledge and attitudes of diabetes clients
on self-management practices in public hospitals in the Upper West Region of
Ghana. The research was a cross-sectional survey. It adopted stratified
sampling technique to select 201 respondents. A questionnaire was used in the
study for data collection with a reliability coefficient of 0.8.The data was
analysed using the SPSS version 21. The findings of the study revealed that
diabetic patients are highly knowledgeable about the disease. Also to a greater
extent patient demonstrated a positive attitude toward diabetes. The study also
revealed to a significant extent that patients hadfew barriers regarding selfmanagement
practices. The clinics provided several services to diabetic
patients. It was also evident that diabetes patients to a greater extent adhere to
prescribed self-management practices. There was also significant relationship
between knowledge and attitudes of diabetes clients and self-management
practices. It further revealed that demographic factors have no effect on self management
practices. Finally, there was a significant difference among the
hospitals and their self-management practices
