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Abstract
The study was conducted on 80 adult diagnosed cases having type 2 diabetes attended Elpharaana Health Insurance clinic which covered Middle district where about 200 patients were registered in the clinic.
The results summary:
Nearly two thirds of the sample were females were females (62.5%) where only one third of the sample were males (37.5%).
Patients aged from 50 to less than 60 years old (30%), patients aged from 40 to less than 50 years old (25%), followed by those aged from 30 to less than 40 years old (22.5%), while equal percent of the patients aged from 20 to less than 30 years old and from 60 to less than 70 years old (11.2%).
Nearly half of the patients were highly educated (university education) (42.4%), followed by high school education including general ,technical and commercial high school(35%), followed by basic education(18.8%) and the minority were illiterate(3.8%).
The majority of cases were working (85%) and only 15% were not working or retired.
As regard smoking about three fourth of the patients were non- Smokers (77.5%) while those who were smokers were only (22.5%).
Weight ranged between 60kg-140kg with mean value 92.2±20.5. Height ranged between 154cm-189cm with mean value 166.8±7.2. Body mass index ranged between 21-46 (kg/m2) with mean value 32.8±6.2. Waist circumference ranged between 73cm-145cm with mean value 101.1±19.3. Hip circumference ranged between 90cm-156cm with mean value 121.2±13.5 and waist/hip ratio ranged between 0.65-1.16 with mean value 0.8±0.1.
Fasting blood glucose level ranged between 100-400mg/dl with mean value 146.5±48.3.
Triglycerides tests ranged between 120-170 with mean value 143.5±11.9.
Total cholesterol level ranged between 105-245 with mean value 187.6±27.4.
Knowledge sample (type 2 diabetic patients ) score ranged between 28.6 – 92.9 with mean value 75.8±14.0. Poor knowledge (3.8%), fair knowledge (28.8%) and good knowledge (67.5%).
Practice score among the studied type 2 diabetic adult patients found that, more than 50% of cases didn’t practice regular exercise. Concerning their habits, the majority of cases used to test their blood sugar level(96.3%), and were used to eat light meals between main meals(96.3%).most of cases eat fruits and vegetables (83.8%), more than one third of cases prefer to use medication instead of herbs(37.5%) most of cases visit the clinic regularly for follow-up(80%). Practice score ranged between 30.0–90.0 with mean value 58.5±15.5. Poor practice score (27.5%), fair practice score (55.0%) and good practice scores (17.5%).
Reasons for not visiting a nutritionist among the studied type 2 diabetic adult patients showed that, the highest number was 56 (70.9%) who haven’t been referred while the lowest number was 1 (1.3%) who had a financial burden.
There was positive significant difference between knowledge and practice score of the studied type 2 diabetic adult patients.
There was significant difference between gender, age and knowledge score, while there was no significant difference between gender, age and practice score.
There was significant difference between educational level, knowledge score and practice score. There was no significant difference between occupation, knowledge score and practice score.
There was significant difference between smoking and knowledge score, while there was no significant difference between smoking and practice score.
There was significant difference between body mass index and practice score.
There was significant difference between waist circumference and knowledge score. While there was no significant difference between other items, knowledge and practice score.