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Insights Nutr Metab 2017
Volume 1 Issue 3
Nutrition World 2017
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September 11-12, 2017 Edinburgh, Scotland
15
th
World Congress on
Advances in Nutrition, Food Science & Technology
The prevalence of complications in Type 2
diabetics in diabetes centers in Dubai
Haleama Al Sabbah and Moza Alketbi
Zayed University, UAE
Background:
Diabetes complications have been
increasingly prevalent among type 2 diabetics during the
past decades causing high rates of morbidity and mortality.
Measures of the prevalence of diabetes complications will
lead to preventive decisions and planning of health care.
Objective:
Toassess theprevalence rates of complications
in Type 2 diabetics in two Diabetes Centers in Dubai.
Methodology:
A cross-sectional descriptive analytical
study conducted among type 2 diabetics attending
diabetes centers in Dubai. Data was collected form
secondary source using patient’s records from two
diabetes centers involved in the study. Random sampling
technique was used to collect 150 patients proportionally
allocated according to the total patients (4700 attending
patients) available in the two diabetes centers.
Results:
The study showed that the most dominant
prevalence type of complications: Hyperlipidemia (84%),
Neuropathy (34%), Dyslipidemia (32%), Retinopathy
(28%), Lethargy (21.3%), and Nephropathy (16.7%).
The associations made between three variables each
separately (Date of First Visit, HbA1c, and Fasting Blood
Glucose) with the prevalence type of complications,
showedsignificant differences insome types: Dyslipidemia,
Hyperlipidemia, and Neuropathy, Retinopathy, and Joint &
Bone pain.
Conclusion:
There is a reasonable correlation between
different variables and the prevalence of complications
among the diabetic population, thus studies should always
follow up on this issue in order to have clear associations
to prevent complications from occurring in the first place.
Biography
Haleama Al Sabbah is currently working at Zayed University, Dubai at the
Public Health Nutrition Department since Sept 2013. She has completed her
PhD in Public Health Nutrition in 2008 from Gent University, Belgium. She
has completed Master in International Community Health with special focus
on Diabetes Self-Management in 2000 from Oslo University, Norway. She
was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar, did her Post-Doctoral studies in Nutrition at
Tufts University, Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Center (2011-2012). She was
the director of Public Health Department at the Faculty of Medicine, An-Najah
National University, West Bank Palestine. She has many published articles
in scientific peer-reviewed journals and serves as an editorial board member
and reviewer for many scientific journals. She has participated in many
conferences, courses and research studies all over the world including Europe,
USA, Canada, West Africa and some Arab countries. Her Specialties include:
Public Health, Nutrition, Obesity, Diabetes and Research.
haleama@hotmail.comHaleama Al Sabbah et al., Insights Nutr Metab 2017