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TITLE:

AN ANALYTICAL STUDY ON THE AWARENESS OF DIABETIC PATIENTS ABOUT DIABETES IN PAKISTAN

AUTHORS:

Dr Umair Naseem, Dr Sara Aziz, Dr Maryam Abbasi

ABSTRACT:

Objective: The aim of this study was to find out the complexities and number of the diabetic patients who are at the early stage of diabetes. Methodology: A survey based on interviews of the diabetic patients consisting of 300 patients was started at Mohiuddin Teaching Hospital, Mirpur AJK. The duration of this study was from January 2020 to June 2020. Results: Different complications were found during the study. Long duration of diabetes, positive family history and age factor were few reasons resulting in complications. Most of them were unaware of the basic information regarding the disease. Most of the patients were having positive family history. Fatness and hypertension were few problems common in them. Only 12.3% were aware of how to check their plasma glucose level. Neither file consisting of HbA1c level. Even most of them were unaware. Conclusion: Few things needed to be done at home by the patients themselves, like checking of blood sugar levels. But unfortunately, only few were aware of how to check it. In order to avoid different complexities, a diabetic patient must have a keen knowledge of how to ensure a required blood glucose level. KEY WORDS: Type-2 Diabetes, Complexities, Hypertension, Dilemma, Inhabitants.