A Study of Diabetes Prevalence and its Risk Factors in the Medical College Faculty of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Research Article

Austin J Endocrinol Diabetes. 2014;1(2): 1006.

A Study of Diabetes Prevalence and its Risk Factors in the Medical College Faculty of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Gupta Sanjay Kumar1*, Khare Neeraj2, Sonali Khare3

1Community Medicine PCMS&RC, Bhopal, India.

2Department of community Medicine PCMS &RC, Bhopal, India.

3Peoples Pharmacy College, Bhopal, India.

*Corresponding author: Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Peoples College of Medical Sciences and Research, Bhanpur Bhopal MP-462037, India,

Received: February 05, 2014; Accepted: February 21, 2014; Published: February 26, 2014;

Abstract

Introduction: The population in India has an increased susceptibility to diabetes mellitus, in India there are 30–33 million diabetic cases, the prevalence of disease in adults was found to be 2.45 in Rural and 4 – 11.6% in urban dwellers.

Objective: To estimate the high risk subjects by using Indian diabetes risk score for detecting undiagnosed diabetes⁄ risks in Medical faculty.

Methodology: This is a cross-sectional (descriptive) study.

Results: 300 respondents were interviewed, of these 234 (78%) were male and 66(22%) were females. According to the physical activity, majority of them 171(57%) belong to mild physical activity category. According to family history 96 (32%) were having history of diabetes in either parents. 24 (8%) of studied persons were known diabetics, according to IDRS scoring 66(22%) in high risk for diabetes, the high body mass index (>30) significantly increase the diabetes risk. Out of total known diabetic cases 15(62.5%) had high Indian diabetes risk score.

Conclusion: This study provides a use of simplified Indian Diabetes Risk Score for identifying undiagnosed high risk for diabetic subjects in India. Simplified diabetes risk score, which has categorized the risk factors based on their severity. Use of the IDRS can make mass screening for undiagnosed diabetes in India more cost effective.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus; Medical Faculty; Risk Factors; Indian Diabetes Risk Score.

Introduction

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) estimated that currently there are 100 million people with diabetes worldwide representing about 6% of all adults [1]. Although great efforts have been made by developed countries to control infectious diseases, but non-communicable diseases have not received the same attention. Diabetes Mellitus is one of the non–communicable diseases which have become a major global health problem. Asia is one of the regions that has high prevalence of diabetes and it is estimated that 20 % of current global diabetic population resides in South– East Asia Region. Indeed, the number of people with diabetes in India is likely to double in less than 2 decades – from 39.9 million (in 2007) to 69.9 million by 2025 [2,3]. The population in India has an increased susceptibility to diabetes mellitus, in India there are 30–33 million diabetic cases, the prevalence of disease in adults was found to be 2.45 in Rural and 11.6% in urban dwellers [4,5].

Objective

To estimate the high risk subjects by using Indian diabetes risk score (IDRS) for detecting undiagnosed diabetes⁄ risks in medical faculty.

Methodology

This is a cross-sectional (descriptive) study was carried out in thePeoples college of medical sciences and Research Centre, informed consents were obtained from all participants, information were collected by using a predesigned and pretested protocol to find out the prevalence and the risk of diabetes mellitus in medical faculty by using Indian Diabetes Risk Score (IDRS) (Figure 1). In all subjects, family history of diabetes was obtained and details on physical activities and various parameters were assessed using a validated questionnaire [6]. Waist measurements were measured by using standardized technique [7].