Background: According to Diabetes Atlas published by the International Diabetes Federation, India was home to 62.4 million diabetics in the year 2011 and the incidence is on a continuous rise and this number is predicted to rise to almost 70 million people by 2025. The countries with the largest number of diabetic people will be in India, China and USA by 2030. The basic issues focuses on progress and challenges in basic and clinical research on chronic complications of diabetes. The end-stage complications can be severe vision loss, end-stage renal disease or transplant. Many of these life-threatening or disabling events can be prevented with proper “life - long” diabetes care and healthy lifestyle. Hence, the researcher felt that knowledge regarding prevention of diabetes mellitus complication, with the help of an information booklet may help. Aim: The knowledge regarding prevention of complications among patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus should be improved after reading information booklet. Objective: 1. To assess pre-test and post-test knowledge of patients regarding prevention of its complications before and after the administration of information booklet. 2. To find out relationship of knowledge of patients with the selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: One group pre-test post-test design was used. 60 individuals were selected from community of Mumbai. Non probability convenience sampling method was used. Data collection included structured questionnaires, and information booklet. Analysis: At the conclusion of post-test knowledge scores of patients before and after administration of information booklet was improved. Comparison between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores t(24.30) was greater than tabulated value therefore, there was a significant difference in the knowledge of patients. Association of post-test knowledge scores of samples with their selected demographic variable gender was t (0.48) therefore, there was no association between the mean scores of knowledge with the selected demographic variable gender. Conclusion: Knowledge scores and practices scores depicted marked improvement after the administration of information booklet. Implications: Administration of information booklet on the knowledge regarding prevention of complications among patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus can be taken in nursing service to improve knowledge of college student, can be used for preventive and promotive purposes, can be used in school and community to spread awareness. In nursing education it will serve as a guideline to use information booklet as an effective method to disseminate information, can impart knowledge to others.

information booklet, knowledge, diabetes mellitus