IMPAIRED AWARENESS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA (IAH) IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
- Arab board & Jordanian Board family medicine Assistant professor & consultant Family medicine Family Medicine department Faculty of Medicine King Abdulaziz University.
- M.D KFAFH: King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jeddah, SA.
- Internal Medicine Resident, IMC, Jeddah, KSA.
- PHC physician MOH, Sajer General Hospital, KSA.
- General Practitioner, King Fahad Hospital, KSA.
- Medical Intern, KSA.
Abstract
Aims: The current study aimed to identify the prevalence of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Also, it aimed to determine the risk factors for IAH.
Methods: This is an analytical cross-sectional study that was conducted through a survey that targeted patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) in Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted from July 10th. 2020 to October 10th. 2020.
Results: The authors got responses from 1080 patients. The mean age was 55.5 years and the mean duration of DM was 11 years. Three hundred and sixty (33.3%) responders stated that they developed symptoms of hypoglycemia, of them, 60 (16.7%) patients developed symptoms weekly, and 60 (16.7%) patients developed symptoms twice weekly.The prevalence of IAH in the sample was 14.8 % (Gold method), and 20%(Pearson method). Our results showed that the prevalence of IAH was higher among patients who were over 65 years of age, female gender, who had DM for over 15 years, and those who did not attend schools.
Conclusion: The problem of IAH is a significant disorder in diabetic patients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The current study showed that the prevalence of IAH was ranging from 14.8% to 20%.
Keywords
Article Analytics
How to Cite This Article
Manal Abulaziz Murad, Faisal Mohammed Murayr, Nouf Abulkarim Alshehri, Majed Mudith Alosaimi, Faisal Ali Abutaleb, Samar Othman Alnashri, Fahad Ali Alqarni, Saad Abdullah Alqarni, Rayan Hasan Al Zahrani, Abdulaziz Fahad Almalki, Mohammad Fawzi Saati, Safiah Ali Alzaylaee, Badeyah Yasser Tarabaih, Hani Abdulali Althobaiti, Fayzah Salem Alrazhi (2020); IMPAIRED AWARENESS OF HYPOGLYCEMIA (IAH) IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 8 (12), 1105-1113, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/12260
Corresponding Author
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.