Objective:ToquantifytheprevalenceoffastingduringRamadanmonthamongdiabeticpatientsandtoobserve thefactorswhichweredeferringbetweenfastingandnonfastingdiabeticpatients.Methods:Acrosssectional... more
Objective:ToquantifytheprevalenceoffastingduringRamadanmonthamongdiabeticpatientsandtoobserve thefactorswhichweredeferringbetweenfastingandnonfastingdiabeticpatients.Methods:Acrosssectional studywascarriedoutatprimaryhealthcareclinics.Thediabeticpatientswereinterviewedwithastructured dataformbytrainedresearchassistants.Patients'age,gender,maritalstatus,weightandheight,diabetes type,medication,compliance,followup,selfmonitoringandanycomplicationfacedduringthefastingwere collected.Cardiovascularriskfactorsincludingsmokinghabit,hypertension,dyslipidemiaandpreexisting cardiovasculardiseaseswerealsorecorded.Results:Outof920diabeticpatients,95% weresufferingfrom DMtype2.OverallpatientswhofastedthewholemonthofRamadanwere84%.Theproportionoftype1and type2was71% and85% respectively.About63% ofDMtype2patientsweretreatedwithoralhypoglycemic agents(OHAs)aloneand2.4% withcombinationofOHAsandinsulin.Only42% ofDMtype1and36% of DMtype2patientshasvisitedtheirphysicianspriortotheirfastforadvice.The...