Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk assessment among Alrass city employees, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic disease that can affect all parts of human body and associated with short-term and long-term complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Age, obesity, family history, and hypertension are considered to be the most common ris...
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| author | Muath Fahad Al Wahbi Noor Mohammed Al-fahhad |
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic disease that can affect all parts of human body and associated with short-term and long-term complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Age, obesity, family history, and hypertension are considered to be the most common risk factors for the incidence of DM. This study aimed to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes among governmental employee in Alrass city in Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Material and Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was done using health professional-administrated questionnaire. Two groups of data collectors were formed and trained to fill out the questionnaire, each group was consist of 1 family medicine doctor and 4 nurses. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS v. 26.
Results:
A total of 527 subjects participated in our study with a response rate of 100%. Of them, more than half (55%) were females. Approximately all of our participants were Saudi 92% regarding age, more than three quarters (79.5%) were aged less than 45 years, 15.6% were ranged from 45 to 50 years, and 4.9% were from 55 to 64 years. We reported no significant correlation between gender and nationality regarding the risk of DM.
Conclusion:
Saudi females who aged less than 45 years and obese participants had a risk for developing DM. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c72a03507b5043bd98a812fa2342bae12024-11-11T11:07:37ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352023-04-0112472272610.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1801_22Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk assessment among Alrass city employees, Qassim, Saudi ArabiaMuath Fahad Al WahbiNoor Mohammed Al-fahhadBackground: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious chronic disease that can affect all parts of human body and associated with short-term and long-term complications such as retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Age, obesity, family history, and hypertension are considered to be the most common risk factors for the incidence of DM. This study aimed to assess the risk of type 2 diabetes among governmental employee in Alrass city in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was done using health professional-administrated questionnaire. Two groups of data collectors were formed and trained to fill out the questionnaire, each group was consist of 1 family medicine doctor and 4 nurses. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS v. 26. Results: A total of 527 subjects participated in our study with a response rate of 100%. Of them, more than half (55%) were females. Approximately all of our participants were Saudi 92% regarding age, more than three quarters (79.5%) were aged less than 45 years, 15.6% were ranged from 45 to 50 years, and 4.9% were from 55 to 64 years. We reported no significant correlation between gender and nationality regarding the risk of DM. Conclusion: Saudi females who aged less than 45 years and obese participants had a risk for developing DM.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1801_22body mass indexdiabetes mellitusrisk factorssaudi arabia |
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| title | Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk assessment among Alrass city employees, Qassim, Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk assessment among Alrass city employees, Qassim, Saudi Arabia |
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| title_short | Type 2 diabetes mellitus risk assessment among Alrass city employees, Qassim, Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | type 2 diabetes mellitus risk assessment among alrass city employees qassim saudi arabia |
| topic | body mass index diabetes mellitus risk factors saudi arabia |
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