World Diabetes Day Event: Determination of Diabetes Risk

Abstract

Diabetes is a disease that negatively affects the quality of life and increases morbidity and mortality. As the prevalence of diabetes increases, many complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and heart diseases caused by diabetes have occurred. These complications can only be prevented by determining the risk of diabetes and preventing its development.

Objective:

The study was conducted World Diabetes Day (14 November 2018) to determine the risk of diabetes in individuals who participated in diabetes screening.

Methods:

The study was performed on the World Diabetes Day using data collected at the Toyotasa Emergency Hospital (diabetes blood glucose, weight, height,waist cimcumfence, sociodemographic features and information regarding diabetes). Data were collected using Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FİNDRİSC). Institution permission was obtained for the use of collected data. The analysis of the data was done by using percentiles, mean, standart deviation and chi-squared test.

Results:

It was determined that age mean of participants 46.31±14.02. It was determined that 57.7% (45) of participants were female, 50% (39) of participants were graduated from elementary education, 79.5% (62) of participant were married, 48.7% (38) of participants were middle income level. It is revealed that weight mean of participants were 82.43±16.11 kilogram, 48.7% (38) of participants were obese, 46.2% (36) of people had chronic disease. Mean of blood sugar were 122.53±59.81mg/dl. 55.1% (43) of the individuals had knowledge about diabetes, 16.7% (13) of the individual thought diabetes is caused by sugary foods. According to FİNDRİSC, it is revealed that 10.3% (8) of people were low risk, 32.1% (25) of people were mild risk, 20.5% (16) of participants were medium risk, 24.4% (19) of people were high risk, 12.8% (10) of participants were very high risk in terms of Tip 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Conclusion:

It is determined that 37.2% of participants were found to have high risk/very high risk for Type 2 DM. It is recommended to conduct community screening in terms of Type 2 DM.