A prospective study assessing the etiology of Diabetes mellitus among Jordanian patients

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome
Amal K Suleiman

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus has considerable public health implications for communities, individuals, and health services. Increasing prevalence of diabetes all over the world intensifies the demand for health care services, and particularly for inpatient care. The present study aims to assess the current prevalence of diabetes and its etiology among hospitalized Jordanian adults. This was a cross sectional study conducted at Specialist Hospital (SH) in the Jordanian capital of Amman, with data collection taking place between June and August 2015, and data was extracted manually from medical records. Patients were divided into three groups: (a) those with a medical history of diabetes, (b) those with unrecognized diabetes or new hyperglycemia, and (c) those with no diabetes. Data management and analysis were conducted using the SPSS program. Means ±SD were used to present all continuous variables, as well as the numbers and percentages for categorical variables, and we used analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare between means. For differences between categorical variables, we used (x(2)). A P-value of less than 0.05 was considered significant. A total of 392 patients (266 female, 126 male) were admitted during the 10-week study period. ...Continue Reading

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