Patterns of Diabetes Care Among People with Type 1 Diabetes During Ramadan: An International Prospective Study (DAR-MENA T1DM)

Advances in Therapy
Fatheya F Al AwadiMohamed Hassanein

Abstract

To describe the characteristics and care of participants with type 1 diabetes during Ramadan in the Middle East and North Africa. The DAR-MENA (Diabetes and Ramadan-Middle East and North Africa) study was a prospective, observational study of adults with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who were Muslim and did/did not intend to fast during Ramadan 2016. Baseline data were collected 6 weeks prior to Ramadan, with a follow-up visit 1-2 months after Ramadan. This is the analysis of the population with type 1 diabetes. Measurements included proportion who fasted, reasons for fasting and not fasting, changes in diabetes treatment, hypoglycemic events, and proportion with access to diabetes education. Of 136 participants with type 1 diabetes, 76.9% (100/130) fasted for at least 1 day, 72.3% (94/130) fasted for at least 15 days, and 48.5% (63/130) fasted for 30 days. The majority (63.0%, 63/100) reported personal decision as a reason to fast. Fear of diabetic complications (58.6%, 17/29) and previous complications related to fasting (48.3%, 14/29) were the most common reasons for not fasting. Adjustment of diabetic medication regimen occurred for 84.6% (115/136) of participants, and 72.8% (99/136) changed their treatment dose. The incidence...Continue Reading

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Sep 11, 2020·Diabetes Therapy : Research, Treatment and Education of Diabetes and Related Disorders·Syed H AhmedNazim Ghouri
Dec 16, 2020·Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice·Mohamed HassaneinNancy Samir Elbarbary
Jan 16, 2021·Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology : Case Reports and Clinical Investigations : Official Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology·Aman B PulunganDiadra Annisa
Sep 15, 2020·Diabetes Therapy : Research, Treatment and Education of Diabetes and Related Disorders·Syed H AhmedNazim Ghouri

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