18Jun 2017

A STUDY ON DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF DIABETIC PATIENTS

  • Associate Professor (Food Science and Nutrition), University School of Hotel Management, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab.
  • Ayurvedic Physician and Nutritionist, 78/13 Anant Nagar, Khanna-141401.
Crossref Cited-by Linking logo

  • Abstract
  • Keywords
  • References
  • Cite This Article as
  • Corresponding Author

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia that results from an alteration of the secretion or action of insulin. The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and disease was obvious, with SES inversely related to the prevalence of DM. One important factor of SES is education. A marked difference in the risk of DM was associated with education, although in some studies, association between DM and education was not identified. The present study has been conducted on 100 clinically diagnosed diabetic patients residing in different localities of Jammu and was visiting Government Medical College /Hospital, Jammu for the treatment of the disease to observe the demographic profile of the diabetics which included age, occupational status, educational status, total monthly family income and family type of the patient and to evaluate the effect of socioeconomic status of the selected diabetic patients. To observe the effect of socioeconomic status on occurrence of diabetes among the selected patients, the socioeconomic status of each selected patient has been evaluated using B.G Prasad's scale of SES. For the calculation of SES, PCI of each patient was calculated on the basis of their total monthly family income. The present study results revealed that the incidence of T2DM is higher among the married living in joint family setup having lower educational qualifications i.e. up to matric, and were skilled workers such as Electrician, carpenter, plumber, tailor, beautician, farmers, asha workers and daily wagers. The mean PCI of females has been found to be greater (Rs 4678.08) than that of diabetic males (Rs 4238.52). The present study findings also revealed that majority of the diabetics were belonging to the middle class strata of the society.

  1. Ahmad J, Masoodi MA, Ashraf M et al. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its associated risk factors in age group of 20 years and above in Kashmir, India. AI Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences. (2011); 4(1): 38-44.
  2. Aggarwal OP, Bhasin SK, Sharma AK, et al. A new instrument (scale) for measuring the socioeconomic status of a Family: a preliminary study (2005-12). Indian Journal of Community Medicine (2015); 30 (4): 111-114.
  3. American Diabetes Association, Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2017 Diabetes Care 2017 vol ; 40 (Suppl. 1).
  4. Anjana RM, Pradeep R, Deepa M, et al. ICMR-INDIAB Collaboration Study Group Prevalence of diabetes and Prediabetes (Impaired fasting glucose and /or impaired glucose tolerance) in Urban and rural India: Phase I results of the Indian Council of Medical Research -India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) Diabetologia (2011); 54: 3022-7.
  5. Braveman P, Egerter S, Williams DR. The social determinants of health: coming of age. Annual Review of Public Health (2011); 32: 381-98.
  6. Choi AI, Weekley CC, Chen SC, et al. Association of educational attainment with chronic disease and mortality: The kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). American Journal of Kidney Diseases (2011); 58: 228-34.
  7. Danaei G, Finucane MM, Lu Y et al. National, regional and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: Systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2.7 million participants. The Lancet. 2011; 378 (9785):31-40.
  8. Guru raj MS, Shilpa S, Maheshwaran R. Revised socioeconomic status scale for Urban and rural India-Revision for 2015. Socioeconomica- The scientific Journal for theory and practice of socioeconomic Development (2015); 4(7)-167-174.
  9. Hilary M, Schwandt, Coresh J et al. Marital status, Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Death among African American Women and Men: Incidence and prevalence in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study participants. Journal of family issues (2014); 3(9):1211-1229.
  10. Hwang J and Shon C. Relationship between socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes: results from Korea National Health and Nutrition Exam. Survey (KNHANES) 2010-2012. British Medical Journal Open. 2014; 4:e005710.3.
  11. International Diabetes Federation. IDF Diabetes Atlas, 6th edn. Brussels, Belgium. International Diabetes Federation. 2013; 7.
  12. Lee TC, Glynn RJ, Pena JM, et al. Socioeconomic status and incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: Data from the women's Health Study. Plos one (2011); 6:e27670.
  13. A, Sharma.S, Dhar M.K, et al. Risk factors of type 2 diabetes in population of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Journal of Biomedical Research (2013), 27(5):372-379.
  14. Martin SA, Hareen MT, Taylor AW, et al. Chronic disease prevalence and associations in a cohort of Australian Men: the Florey Adelaide Male Ageing Study(FAMAS). BMC Public Health (2008); 8:261.
  15. Min H, Chang J, Balkrishnan R. Socio demographic risk factors of diabetes and hypertension prevalence in republic of Korea. International Journal of Hypertension (2010); 2010:41079.
  16. Moon JR, Kondo N and Glymour MM. Widowhood and mortality: A meta-analysis. PLOS one. 2011; 6:e23465.
  17. O'Reilly D and Rosato M. Worked to death? A census-based longitudinal study of the relationship between the numbers of hours spent working and mortality risk. International Journal of Epidemiology (2013); 42:1820-1830.
  18. Parajuli J, Saleh F, Thapa N et al. Factors associated with non adherence to diet and physical activity among Nepalese type 2 diabetes patients; a cross sectional study. BMC Research Notes (2014); 7:758.
  19. Ramachandran A, Snehalatha C, Satyavani K, et al. Metabolic Syndrome in Urban Asian Indian Adults- a population studying using modified ATP III criteria. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (2003); 60:199-204.
  20. Sethi S, Kumar P, Gupta S et al. Study of risk factors for the high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the people of Jammu. Journal of Human Ecology (2011); 36(3):217-221.
  21. Shiju TM, Madathil Deepa, Viswanathan Pragasam. An alarming prevalence of diabetes and its associated risk factors among college going Indian adults: A retrospective study International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health (2013); 2(3).
  22. Sowjanya M, Manjula K. Lifestyle patterns and stress among diabetics. International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition (2016); 1(4): 23-25.
  23. Stephens MA, Franks MM, Rook KS et al. Spouse's attempts to regulate day to day dietary adherence among patients with type 2 diabetes. Health Psychology. 2013; 32:1029-1037.
  24. Suhrcke M, de Paz Nieves C. The impact of health and health behaviors on educational outcomes in high -income countries: a review of the evidence. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe, (2011).
  25. Vinciguerra F, Baratta R, Farina MG, et al. Very severely obese patients have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. Acta Diabetologica (2013); 50(3): 443-9.
  26. Whiting DR, Guariguata L, Weil C et al. IDF diabetes atlas: Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2011 and 2030. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2011; 94(3): 311-321.
  27. Zafar, Bhatti F, Akhtar N, et al. Prevalence and risk factors for diabetes mellitus in a selected urban population of city in a Punjab: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association. (2011); 61: 40-7.
  28. Zitkus BS. Type 2 diabetes mellitus: an evidence based update. Nurse Practice (2012); 37(7): 28-37.

[Harmanjot Kaur and Roopjot Kochar. (2017); A STUDY ON DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC PROFILE OF DIABETIC PATIENTS Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 837-846] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Harmanjot Kaur
Associate Professor (Food Science and Nutrition), University School of Hotel Management, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh

DOI:

Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4482      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4482

Download Full Paper

Download PDF No. of Downloads: 13 | No. of Views: 102