FIGURE 1. Percentage of the Respondents on How they Acquire Diabetes Mellitus
35
Accumulated
Hereditary
65
The diagram shows that sixty-five percent (65%) of the total respondents answered that their illness was accumulated due to the different environmental factors. Minority of the respondents or thirty-five percent said that they inherited their illness from their parents. This suggests that most of the respondents experiencing diabetes mellitus acquired this illness by accumulating it. This is due to the different environmental factors which are the kind of lifestyle that the respondents have.
FIGURE 2. Frequency Of Respondents' check-up
35 yes no
65
The diagram shows that sixty-five percent (65%) of the total respondents answered that they go for check-ups. Majority of the respondents answered yes, and thirty-five percent (35%) of the total respondents said no. This presents the number of respondents who had accumulated diabetes mellitus and those who obtained hereditary their present condition. This suggests that larger number of people accumulates diabetes mellitus, this may be caused by the wide spread high-sugar containing products and even unhealthy, and unproductive lifestyle.
FIGURE 3. Frequency of How Often Respondents go for a Check-up 25
25 20
15
15
15 10
10 5 0 Always
Often
Sometimes
Never
The graph shows that twenty-five percent (25%) of the total respondents always go for check-up. Somehow ten percent (10%) of the total respondents answered that they never go for a check-up. This means that the twenty-five percent (25%) of the total respondents believe that going for a check-up serves as their monitor for their present condition
FIGURE 4. Percentage of Respondent's Medicine Intake 50 40
45 35
30 20
10
10
10
0 Herbal
Synthetic
Both
No Medicine Intake
The graph shows that forty-five percent (45%) of the total respondents show that they are using synthetic medicine. On the opposite side, ten percent (10%) said that they both intake Herbal and Synthetic medicine or no medicine intake at all. This means that forty-five percent (45%) of the total respondents believed that synthetic medicine is more efficient than herbal medicine.
FIGURE 5. Percentage of Herbal Medicine Takers 40
35
30 20 10
5
5 0
0
Ampalaya
Malunggay
Banaba
Luyang Dilaw
The chart above shows that thirty-five percent (35%) of the questioned respondents answered that they are using ampalaya as a herbal medicine and no one or zero percent (0%) take banaba as their herbal medicine.
FIGURE 6. Percentage of Synthetic Medicine Takers 50
50
40 30 20 10
5
0 Oral
Injectables
This graph presents that fifty percent (50%) of the total respondents takes oral synthetic medicine than injectables which is only five percent (5%). As most respondents are aware of the danger behind injectables, therefore they prefer to take synthetic medicines orally.
FIGURE 7. Percentage of Respondents' who monitors their diet
35 yes
65
no
This graph shows that sixty-five percent (65%) of the total respondents answered that they are monitoring their diet. On the other hand thirty-five percent (35%) of all the respondents answered that they are not aware of monitoring their diet. This means that sixty-five percent (65%) of the total respondents believed that monitoring their diet contributes to help lessen their severity of their condition
FIGURE 8. Percentage of Respondents' Preferred Diet 36
35
34 32
30
30 28 26 Low-fat Diet
High-fiber Diet
This chart shows that thirty-five percent (35%) of the total respondents answered that they prefer to have a low-fat diet. Somehow thirty percent (30%) of the respondents prefer to have a high-fiber diet. This suggests that thirty-five percent (35%) of the total respondents prefer a lowfat diet because it is necessary to have that kind of diet for their condition.
FIGURE 9. Percentage of Respondents' who Excercises Regularly
45 yes 55
no
This graph shows that fifty-five percent (55%) of the total respondents answered that they have a regular exercise. Meanwhile forty-five percent (45%) of the total respondents answered that they do not exercise regularly. This means that fifty-five percent (55%) of the total respondents believed that exercising regularly can help them cope up with their condition.
FIGURE 10. Percentage of Respondents' Situation that Affect their Social Lives yes
45
no
55
Fifty-five percent (55%) of the total respondents replied that their current situation affects their social live as shown in the graph; while forty-five percent (45%) of the total respondents answered that their condition doesn’t affect their social lives.
FIGURE11. Percentage of Respondent'sPerception on how their condition affectsthe following situations
Lessensselfconfidence
Always
Poor Poor decision Inability to Limitssweet Worsens work/study making follow intake socialization quality laws/orders Often
Sometimes
Seldom
60 40 20 0
Never
In this figure, forty-five percent (45%) of the total respondents replied that their condition always needed to limit sweet intake. While Fifty percent (50%) of the total respondents answered that their condition doesn’t affect their socialization.
FIGURE 12. Percentage of Respondents' Condition that Affect their Ability to Make Peers
yes
45
no
55
This figure features that fifty-five percent (55%) of the total number of the respondents answered that their condition affects their ability to make peers and fortyfive percent (45%) responded that their ability to make peers is not affected by their current condition.
FIGURE 13. Percentage of Respondents' Situation that Affect their Decision Making
yes
45 55
no
The diagram shows that there are fifty-five percent (55%) of the total respondents answered that their condition is a factor that affects their decision making. While fortyfive percent (45%) of the total respondents replied that their condition is not a factor in affecting their decision making.