A STUDY ABOUT DIABETIC PATIENT AND THE RANG OF CHANGING MODE OF THERAPY FROM ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC TO INSULIN INJECTIONS FOR AGES 45 YEARS AND MORE IN AL-NAJAF AL-ASHRAF GOVERNORATE

Abdul-Raheem, Bushra; Muhammad Hussin, Ahmed; Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Ameer, Nadia

	A STUDY ABOUT DIABETIC PATIENT AND THE RANG OF CHANGING MODE OF THERAPY FROM ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC TO INSULIN INJECTIONS FOR AGES 45 YEARS AND MORE IN AL-NAJAF AL-ASHRAF GOVERNORATE
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Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 0-0
Authors
Bushra Abdul-Raheem; Ahmed Muhammad Hussin; Nadia Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Ameer
Abstract
A field study was done in Al Najaf Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Glands in Al-Sadar Medical City conducted from the 1st of September till the 30th of November 2009 to obtain best details about the ability of patients using oral hypoglycemic drugs to change their mode of therapy to use Insulin injection for the same purpose. A sample of 174 patients was chosen from diabetic patients attending the center, 91 female and 83 male, all were over 45 years of age, younger patients were excluded. The study used questionnaire paper formed of two parts, the first part contains general information, and medical information in the second part. The questionnaire paper was documented by diabetic specialists before being seen by the patients to answer it directly or by their relatives especially the old ones. The results showed that 52.5% of the diabetic patients were females and 47.7% were males, and that most of the males 65 years of age and more represented 54.2%, while the 45-55 years of age or more were females representing 48.8%. The highest percentage 90.1% was for the females whose practicing muscular works and 57.8% for males, the highest incidence 70.3% was between low income females, while 68.6% was the highest incidence between males of mild income. The Diabetic patients of the two sexes who show no family history were 75.9% males and 70.3% females. The results show that patients using oral hypoglycemic drugs were 65% and 63.7% males and females respectively and were the highest percentage compared with patients using Insulin injection or on diet therapy only, and all patients on oral hypoglycemic therapy were afraid of changing their mode of therapy. The study recommended conducting more studies about incidence of using Insulin in younger patients and surveys the reasons for preferring tablets, and patient education about diet therapy.

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