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Diabetes: Knowledge and Information Source Study

Diabetes: Knowledge and Information Source Study

Research Design

Data Analysis Plan

Research Hypotheses

Research Questions

Level of data

Proposed analysis technique

HO1: Internet is used to find information related to health.

 Is internet used to find information related to health?

 Scale

Frequency Distribution

HO2: There is no association of diabetes with the blood level of sugar.

 Is there an association between diabetes and the blood level of sugar?

Nominal and Scale

Chi-Square

HO3: There is no association of blood level of sugar in the diabetes with the urine sample.

 Is there an association between blood level of sugar in the diabetes and the urine sample?

Nominal

Chi-Square

HO4: There is no association of perception of health professionals about diabetes with the sugar level of diabetic person.

 Is there an association between perception of health professionals about diabetes and the sugar level of diabetic person?

Nominal

Chi-Square

HO5: There is no association between perception and attitude towards diabetes.

 Is there an association of perception with the attitude towards diabetes?

Nominal

Chi-Square

HO6: There is no significant difference between the sample and population mean of internet self-efficacy.

 Is there a significant difference between the sample and population mean of internet self-efficacy?

Scale

One sample test

HO7: There is no significant difference between the sample and population mean of personal innovativeness of information technology.

 Is there a significant difference between the sample and population mean of personal innovativeness of information technology?

 Scale

One sample test

Results

Sources of Information

HO1: Internet is used to find information related to health.

Source most likely to consult first

Frequency

Percent

Valid Percent

Cumulative Percent

Valid

Internet

32

33.7

33.7

33.7

Books

2

2.1

2.1

35.8

Pharmacy/Pharmacists

3

3.2

3.2

38.9

Doctors/Specialist

33

34.7

34.7

73.7

Family Members/Relatives/Friends

25

26.3

26.3

100.0

Total

95

100.0

100.0

The above table is related to the sources of information that particularly indicates the use of internet for the information related to health. The results indicate that 34 percent of the participants uses internet as a source of information for the health. Besides it, it is found that doctors/ specialist are consulted by the people for getting information related to health; however, rest of the sources are in comparatively in less use. For that reason, it can be concluded that most of the people consult doctors/ specialist; however, internet is in the second place to get the information related to health.

Knowledge about Diabetes

HO2: There is no association of diabetes with the blood level of sugar.

What you understand diabetes to be. * What is a normal blood sugar?

Chi-Square Tests

Value

df

Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)

Pearson Chi-Square

274.859a

270

.407

Likelihood Ratio

184.220

270

1.000

N of Valid Cases

95

a. 364 cells (100.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is .01.

From the above chi-square test, it can be observed that the significance value is greater than 0.05, which reflects that there null hypothesis of the study is accepted. Moreover, the value of Pearson Chi-Square is 274.859; for that reason, it can be said that diabetes is not associated with the blood level of sugar.

HO3: There is no association of blood level of sugar in the diabetes with the urine sample.

What is a normal blood sugar? * Blood sugar can be checked with a blood sample or a urine sample. How do these two tests compare? Cross tabulation

Count

Blood sugar can be checked with a blood sample or a urine sample. How do these two tests compare?

Total

Blood test is better

Urine test is ...