Volume 27, Issue 133, March 2023

In World Diabetes Day, assessment of the chronic diseases among general population in Riyadh, KSA

Saad Asiri¹, Abdulrhman Mustafa Rasheed², Abdulaziz Albatati³, Abdulrahman Bashir Ahmad Hussamuldin^4♦, Mohammed S Alsadun⁴, Jana Sameer Sendy⁴, Lina Fouad Serhan⁴, Yara Majed Al Zahrani⁴, Abdullah Moheeb Alabdullah⁴, Abdulrahman Laith Alzuhair⁴, Mahmoud Khaled Mahmoud Eliwi⁴

¹ENT Consultant, Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA
²Lecturer of Human Physiology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA
³Lecturer of Human Anatomy, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA
⁴Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA

^♦Corresponding author
Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, Almaarefa University, KSA

ABSTRACT

Background: Every year World Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated on 14 November all across the globe to raise awareness about the diabetes and its prevention, complications and treatment. Complications include macrovascular conditions, such as coronary heart disease, stroke and microvascular, including diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy. We aim to assess the relationship between random glucose blood glucose and chronic diseases. Methods: A cross-sectional study in Riyadh on November 2021 and January 2022 at a public shopping center. Data collection sheet was prepared for age, weight, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, random blood glucose and Glucometer devices were used to gather the data. One of the volunteers took a visitor's random blood glucose reading and weight in kilograms using a mechanical scale. Data analyzed using SPSS. Result: Majority of participants was male (54%) with age group from 30-39 years old (29.3%) with weight in kilo gram from 60-79 (43.4%). Prevalence of diabetes was (18%) and hypertension (17%) and ischemic heart disease (1.8%). Relation between age and RBG (p value= 0.000) and between weight and RBG (p value=0.243). Conclusion: According to this study, Saudi Arabia is one of the average countries in terms of the number of diabetic patients. High prevalence of diabetics, especially men in the 30- to 39-year-old age group who weight between 60 and 79 kg. Almost majority of the patients had hypertension in addition to diabetes. The statistical relationship between age and random blood glucose was significant.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Diseases, Random Blood Glucose, Obesity

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e132ms2834

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i133/e132ms2834

Published: 05 March 2023