1Professor & HOD, Dept. of Community Medicine, Rama Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Rama Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
3PG Student, Dept. of Community Medicine, Rama Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
*Corresponding Author: Email: dranjugahlot@gmail.com
Online published on 14 October, 2017.
Lifestyle and behavior component in type 2 diabetes is very important. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder in which prevalence has been increasing steadily all over the world.
The Study was carried out among the people aged 25 years & above residing in field area of UHTC (Urban health training centre-Kalyanpur) of RMCH & RC, Mandhana, Kanpur. UHTC provides health care to 12 Mohallas of ward No.18 & 42 of urban area of Kalyanpur. Out of which 02 Mohallas namely (Jankipuram, Mirzapurnewbasti) were selected for study by simple random sampling method.
In the present study out of 460 study participants maximum were from upper class i.e. 134 out of which 46(34%) were found diabetics. There were 460 respondents, 255 have sedentary habit out of which 62(24.3%) were diabetic. Individuals are classified as Sedentary, Moderate, Heavyworker on the basis of occupation Among 113 moderate worker 13(9.5%) were diabetic and among 40 heavy worker 4(10%) were diabetic There were 70(19.8%) diabetic among smoker and 9(8.4%) were diabetic among nonsmoker. Out of total 460 respondents 232were alcoholics and 228 non-alcoholic, 60(25.9%) were found diabetic among alcoholic and 19(8.2%) persons were diabetic among non-alcoholic
In the present study, socioeconomic status, nutritional status, smoking, alcohol intake, physical activities are found to be significantly associated with diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes, Modified B.G Prasad socio economic scale, Self-management
