TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of Foot Complications in People With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
T2 - A Community-Based Survey in Rural Udupi
AU - Maiya, Arun Gundmi
AU - Gundmi, Shubha
AU - Matpady, Prabhath
AU - Jadhav, Radhika
AU - Lingadakai, Ramachandra
AU - Hande, Manjunatha
AU - Kamath, Veena G.
AU - Shivashankar, K. N.
AU - Chinmayee, P.
AU - Hazari, Animesh
AU - Shastri, Nagarathna
AU - Hande, Rohini
AU - Loftager, Mads Mundt
AU - Veluswamy, Sundar Kumar
AU - Jude, Edward
PY - 2018/9/1
Y1 - 2018/9/1
N2 - The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of foot complications among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the rural part of Udupi district, Karnataka, India. A cross-sectional observational study design was conducted in the rural area of Udupi district. In the study, accredited social health activists were trained to screen people with type 2 diabetes mellitus for diabetic foot complications at a community level. Adults over 35 years of age were screened for the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by accredited social health activists who reside in the rural part of Udupi district. Participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus were included in the study. Blood glucose level was measured using a glucometer. Foot examination was done by visual inspection, monofilament, tuning fork, and pedal pulse. In the present study, 2110 among the total participants were found to have type 2 diabetes mellitus. The prevalence of musculoskeletal foot complications was 1218 (58%), vascular problem 466 (22.2%), sensory neuropathy 634 (30.2%), autonomic neuropathy 1729 (81.9%), ulcer 134 (6.38%), and infection 561 (26.7%) among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the current study, we found 84.7% of people residing in rural Udupi had type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hence, there is a strong need to create awareness about diabetic foot care in these people.
AB - The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of foot complications among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the rural part of Udupi district, Karnataka, India. A cross-sectional observational study design was conducted in the rural area of Udupi district. In the study, accredited social health activists were trained to screen people with type 2 diabetes mellitus for diabetic foot complications at a community level. Adults over 35 years of age were screened for the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus by accredited social health activists who reside in the rural part of Udupi district. Participants with type 2 diabetes mellitus were included in the study. Blood glucose level was measured using a glucometer. Foot examination was done by visual inspection, monofilament, tuning fork, and pedal pulse. In the present study, 2110 among the total participants were found to have type 2 diabetes mellitus. The prevalence of musculoskeletal foot complications was 1218 (58%), vascular problem 466 (22.2%), sensory neuropathy 634 (30.2%), autonomic neuropathy 1729 (81.9%), ulcer 134 (6.38%), and infection 561 (26.7%) among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the current study, we found 84.7% of people residing in rural Udupi had type 2 diabetes mellitus. Hence, there is a strong need to create awareness about diabetic foot care in these people.
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U2 - 10.1177/1534734618791853
DO - 10.1177/1534734618791853
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053297578
SN - 1534-7346
VL - 17
SP - 169
EP - 175
JO - International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds
JF - International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds
IS - 3
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