DAR-GRACE: Diabetes and Ramadan: glycaemic control, physician counselling and patient practices -experience from a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan
To identify patient practices and knowledge pertaining to Ramadan fasting and to see whether physicians were providing adequate counselling and adjusting medications accordingly. The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from June to...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2020-11, Vol.70 (11), p.1990-1995 |
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Zusammenfassung: | To identify patient practices and knowledge pertaining to Ramadan fasting and to see whether physicians were providing adequate counselling and adjusting medications accordingly.
The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, from June to August 2018, and comprised diabetic patients who fasted during Ramadan. A questionnaire was designed to assess patients' knowledge, risk category, pre-Ramadan counselling, medication adjustment, lifestyle changes, pre- and post- Ramadan glycated haemoglobin levels, and complications during Ramadan. Data was analysed using SPSS 23.
Out of 272 diabetics, 176(64.7%) were females. Mean number of fasts kept were 22±10.61. Pre-Ramadan 120(44.1%) patients consulted their physicians and 105(87.5%) of them received relevant counselling. Medications were adjusted in only 30 (25%) such cases. Overall, 41(15.1%) patients were in the high risk category, while 109(40.1%) and 122(44.9%) were in the moderate and low-risk categories. During the month, 17(6.25%) were hospitalised due to diabetes-related complications. Glycated haemoglobin levels fell significantly (p |
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ISSN: | 0030-9982 |
DOI: | 10.47391/JPMA.42922 |