Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the significant public health challenges facing the human race but, unlike communicable diseases such as malaria, has been largely neglected by stakeholders. A key factor for a successful disease control program is community awareness of its complications and burden/problem. This study examined the influence of diabetic’s socio-economic characteristics on awareness of diabetes’ complications. A cross sectional survey, approved by Oyo State Health Ministry, was conducted by sampling 51 diabetics in Ring-road and Adeoyo State hospitals in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. A pre-tested questionnaire was administered to the respondents to obtain relevant data. Descriptive statistics as well as Tobit and bivariate Probit regression models were used for data analysis .................................................................