A Clinical Study on Standard of Diabetic Care Practiced In Rural Population of Karnataka andIts Impact on Glycemic Control and Occurrence of Microvascular Complications
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Stark difference in allocation of health resources between urban and rural areas result in poor diabetic screening and preventive services. Given the disease is now highly visible across all sections of society in India, there is a need more than ever for urgent research at regional and national level to assess epidemiology in Indian rural population. Our study was conducted as a hospital based cross sectional study between November 2016 and November 2018, wherein all diagnosed &confirmed diabetic patients who came to A J hospital from rural areas of Karnataka were included. In our study conducted on 200 diabetic patients in A. J. Hospital, Mangalore. In our study we concluded that diabetes knowledge unsurprisingly affected every parameter including fasting blood glucose, serum creatinine, presence of retinopathy and neuropathy showing a trend of poor diabetes knowledge associated with worsening of above mentioned parameters, but significant association between diabetes knowledge and glycated hemoglobin couldn’t be established Diabetes knowledge in rural population is still very poor and needs a lot of proactive involvement from health care professionals, government agencies and diabetes patients as well to face this modern
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Katragadda Praveen kumar, Uday B nayak, Aditya mahajan
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