Volume 20

Number 1 January 2013

Awareness About Role of Life Style In Controlling Diabetes Mellitus Amoung The Visitors In A Tertiary Level Hospital

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47648/jmsr.2013.v2001.05

Mazid A1 , Anwar K S2 , Nasreen A3 , Begum M4 , Khan Md. S H5

Abstract

The cross-sectional descriptive study was done from December 2011 to February 2012 to determine the awareness about lifestyle in controlling diabetes mellitus among the visitors of a tertiary level hospital in Dhaka city. The data were collected by face to face interview using a structured questionnaire. The sample size was 306, which was selected randomly from visitors aged 21 years and above. The mean age of the respondents was 42.97 years, of them 53.60% were male and 46.40 % were female. 231 (75.49%) tested their blood for diabetes, of them 84.42% tested within one year; about 51(17%) respondents were diabetic. Of the diabetic 49.02% was suffering for 1-5 years, and 35.29% for more than 5 years; of the 51 diabetic respondents, 90.12% controlled diet, 88.23% did physical exercise, 72.95% took prescribed medicine and 70.55% took all the measures while 9.80% did nothing for management or control of diabetes. Of the respondents, 19.28% had family history of diabetes. Regarding risk factors for developing diabetes 77.45% mentioned excess intake of sweetmeat, 69.28% lack of exercise, 55.23% family history, 53.92% overweight, 49.02% overeating, and 39.54% mentioned about life style change; 46.73% of the respondents did exercise irregularly and 12.09% regularly; 25% of the total respondent controlled diet regularly and 26.47% occasionally; 86.80% opined excess intake of sweetmeat may increase diabetes and 50.00% said excess intake of all food may increase the diabetes. The study revealed that diabetes mellitus is a multi-factorial disease, since several risk factors appear to play contributory role in its prevalence in the community. Hence, a complex mix of interventions is required at multiple levels to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with this condition.

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  1. Associate Professor (cc), Department of Community Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  2. Associate Professor (cc), Department of Community Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  3. Professor (cc), Department of Community Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  4. Associate Professor (cc), Department of Community Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  5. Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

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Volume 20, Number 1 January 2013
Page: 26-32