A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF THE RISK OF DEVELOPING TYPE2 DIABETES MELLITUS USING INDIAN DIABETIC RISK SCORE (IDRS) AMONG THE FEMALE SANITARY WORKERS OF A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN CHENGALPATTU DISTRICT, TAMILNADU

Introduction: Currently 537 million peoples globally and 74.2 million peoples in India are living with Diabetes. This is projected to 134 million in India and 783 million globally by 2045 . This study uses Indian Diabetic Risk Score for assessment of risk status in sanitary workers in tertiary care centre .

Objective: 1.To assess the risk of developing Type2 Diabetes Mellitus using Indian Diabetic Risk Score (IDRS) among the female sanitary workers of a tertiary care centre in Chengalpattu . 2. To classify the risk status using Random Blood Sugar level among the study participants.

Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among 103 female sanitary workers in Chengalpattu Medical College during June 2022 . After obtaining Institutional Ethical Committee permission ,the data was collected by using semi structured questionnaire. Anthropometric measurements and Random Blood Sugar testing were done and IDRS risk score was assessed. The data was entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using SPSS version 25.

Result : The mean age of the study participant was 42.43 ± 8.182 years . Among the 103 study participants , 65.0% had medium risk, 25.2% had high risk . There was a statistically significant association was found between increase in age(p=0.000*) , Waist Circumference(p=0.000*) , and BMI (p=0.006*) with IDRS risk status.

Conclusion:  Majority of the study participant belonged to medium risk followed by high risk group. Hence  IDRS is a simple and cost effective screening tool for early identification of risk of developing Diabetes.