Prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy among type II diabetic patients in King Fahd University Hospital, Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Hospital Practice
Noor Ahmed JatooiKawthar Ahmed Alabdrabalrasol

Abstract

Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathies (DPN) are a common complication of diabetes mellitus (DM). DPN can be either painless or painful.General objective: To determine the prevalence of DPN among DM type II patients at King Fahd University Hospital (KFUH), Al-Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).Specific objectives: To see the association between the prevalence of DPN and patient demographics and body mass index (BMI).To assess the relationship between the prevalence of DPN and DM type II and duration of disease.To provide awareness and education of DPN by pamphlets to the recruited diabetic patients at KFUH, Al-Khobar, KSA.Methods: questionnaire-based cross-sectional study, recruited DM type II patients from the internal medicine outpatient clinics at KFUH, Khobar, KSA. The investigators recorded patients' demographics (age, sex, and nationality), height, weight, and BMI, diabetes duration in years and laboratory results of fasting blood glucose (FBG), Hemoglobin A1C and the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) has been applied.Results: among 187 recruited patients with type II DM, the prevalence of DPN was 37.4%. The mean age range of the sample was 56.4 ± 11.2 years. Females to males were 62.6% vs 37.4%. Sa...Continue Reading

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