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Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by high blood sugar levels over prolonged period. Type II diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases across the world and number of diabetic client’s id on rise. Diabetic neuropathy is one of the major complications of diabetes mellitus In 2011, there were 366 million people with diabetes globally, and this is expected to rise to 552 million by 2030.According to the ICMR–INDIAB study, there are 62.4million people living with diabetes in India. Type II DM is a progressive disease and hampers the quality of life of the clients due to micro and macro vascular complications. Descriptive research design was adopted to assess the pain severity in diabetic neuropathy associated with quality of sleep among type II diabetes mellitus. This study is conducted in Kilachery and Nemam rural area in both males and females. The population includes people with type II diabetes mellitus who were present at the time of data collection. The sample for our study is who are all having diabetic neuropathy who meet the inclusion criteria. A sample of 50 type II diabetes mellitus clients residing in Kilachery and Nemam who met the inclusion criteria was selected using purposive random sampling

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Pain severity Diabetic neuropathy Quality of sleep Type II diabetes mellitus

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