Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population

Joint Authors

Safari-Faramani, Roya
Rajati, Fatemeh
Tavakol, Kamran
Hamzeh, Behrooz
Pasdar, Yahya
Moradinazar, Mehdi
Najafi, Farid

Source

Journal of Diabetes Research

Issue

Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2019-09-03

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Diseases
Medicine

Abstract EN

Aims.

This study is aimed at estimating the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and glycemic control of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associated factors in an Iranian Kurdish population.

Methods.

Baseline data of the Ravansar Non-communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study, consisting of adults aged 35-65 years, were used.

Diabetes was defined as a fasting plasma glucose (FPG) of 126 mg/dl or higher, being on diabetes medication, and/or diabetes confirmed by a health practitioner.

Results.

Nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine participants were assigned to this study.

The prevalence of DM, awareness, treatment, and glycemic control of DM were 8.19, 74.97, 74.75, and 32.68, respectively.

Based on the adjusted models, increased age (p<0.01); obesity or overweight (p<0.01); being ex-smoker (p<0.05); suffering from dyslipidemia (p<0.01), hypertension (p<0.01), or both of them (p<0.01); and positive family history in the first-degree relatives (p<0.01) were strongly associated with a high risk of DM, while engagement in regular physical activity (p<0.05) was a protective factor.

Female gender (p<0.01), being older than 55 years, positive family history in the first-degree relatives (p<0.01), suffering from both hypertension and dyslipidemia (p<0.01), and obesity or overweight (p<0.005) were negatively associated with DM awareness.

Being married and widowed (p<0.05 and <0.05) and a high BMI (p<0.01) were strong predictors of receiving treatment for DM.

Six to nine years of schooling (p<0.05) and suffering from hypertension (p<0.05) increased the probability of DM being controlled.

Conclusions.

When the prevalence of DM is notable, awareness and probability of receiving treatment and controlling FPG are of particular importance.

A considerable proportion of the patients were aware and on treatment, which may partly be due to improving primary health care services in Iran.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Safari-Faramani, Roya& Rajati, Fatemeh& Tavakol, Kamran& Hamzeh, Behrooz& Pasdar, Yahya& Moradinazar, Mehdi…[et al.]. 2019. Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population. Journal of Diabetes Research،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1173071

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Safari-Faramani, Roya…[et al.]. Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population. Journal of Diabetes Research No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1173071

American Medical Association (AMA)

Safari-Faramani, Roya& Rajati, Fatemeh& Tavakol, Kamran& Hamzeh, Behrooz& Pasdar, Yahya& Moradinazar, Mehdi…[et al.]. Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Control, and the Associated Factors of Diabetes in an Iranian Kurdish Population. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1173071

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1173071