Risk assessment for type-2 DM among the OPD patients attending at JSS Hospital Chamarajanagara

Diabetes is major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is among the top 10 causes of death in adults. There are number of factors that influence the development of Type 2 DM, the most influential are lifestyle behaviors commonly associated with urbanization. Affordable, quick and easily available validated tools are required for assessment of risk factors for type 2 DM .Using one such questionnaire tool we have conducted a descriptive study in OPD patients of JSS hospital Chamarajanagara to identify and assess the risk of development of Type 2 DM.

The objective of the study is to assess the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus among OPD patients attending at JSS hospital Chamarajanagara and to find the association between risk of developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus among OPD patients attending at JSS hospital chamarajanagara with their selected personal variables.

Questionnaire on demographic profoma. Finnish diabetes risk score was used to collect data. An explorative descriptive method has been adopted and 90 patients were selected for the study using simple random sampling technique.

The result of the study revealed that 51.1% of participants have moderate risk, 33.3% of participants have high risk and 15.6% of participants have slightly elevated risk.

The participants of this study have moderate risk of getting type 2 DM and Gender, Age, Occupation and BMI are significantly associated in contributing the risk of developing type 2 DM.