Demographical Evaluation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Effect of Prescribed Anti Diabetic Drugs on Maintaining Optimal Glycemic Levels in Diabetic Patients: An Observational Study
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 12
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Abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients demographically and Effect of Prescribed Anti Diabetic Drugs in maintaining optimal glycemic levels in diabetic patients attending Medicine outpatient in the department of medicine at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western Rajasthan. This was a prospective, non intervention and observational study, conducted over a period of 1 year with association of the Department of Pharmacology and the Department of Medicine, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur Information of patients collected included age, sex, diagnosis, duration of medicine, habit of blood glucose monitoring, Fasting Blood Glucose level and Post-Prandial Blood glucose level was noted in case record form and analyzed. Out of 250 patients, 193 (77.2%) were male and 57 (22.8%) were female. Male to female ratio was 3.38:1. A maximum number of patients were between the age of 60-69 years (62.4%). The majority of patients having Fasting Blood Glucose level between ˃130 mg/dl (51.2%) after taking antidiabetic treatment while the majority of patients had Post-Prandial Blood glucose level between 181-250 mg/dl (61.6%) after taking antidiabetic treatment. The majority of anti diabetic patients taking antidiabetic medicine for 6-10 years (37.6%). The rising prevalence of diabetes is driven by a combination of factors like rapid urbanization, sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy diets, and increasing life expectancy. The majority of patients having poor glycemic control. Most common reason behind this is lack of awareness, poor socioeconomic status and lack of education.
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Akhtar Ali, Rajkumar Rathore, Javed Ahamed, Rajesh Kumar J angir, Archana Vyas, Kamal Kumar Batar
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