Assessment of Diabetes Risk and the Factors Associated in Adult Population Using Indian Diabetes Risk Score: A Community Based Study in Coastal Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes is the chronic metabolic disease with rising prevalence in low and middle income
countries. According to WHO diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in 2016 and is major cause
for complications like cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Hence, early identification of people at risk of
diabetes is required to reduce the disease burden.
Objectives: To assess the diabetes risk among the adult population using Indian Diabetes Risk Score.To
identify the factors associated with the diabetes risk score.
Materials and Method: A community based cross sectional study was done in an urban resettlement colony
to identify the people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes .Indian Diabetes Risk Score was used to identify
at risk individuals. The study subjects were categorized into low, medium, high risk groups based on IDRS
scores. Random blood sugar levels of subjects were obtained at time of data collection after taking informed
consent. The data was entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed by using SPSS version 21. Chisquare test was
used to find any significant association between socio-demographic profile, RBS values and risk categories.
Results: In the study among 129 subjects,64.3 % were males, 35.7% were females. IDRS scores indicate
12(9.3%) were in the low risk, 53(41%) were in medium risk and 64 (49.7%) were in high risk category.
About 21.7% had Random blood sugar values ?200mg/dl at the time of study. There was significant
association between RBS values and IDRS.
Conclusion: The present study showed that majority of subjects were in medium and high risk categories.
Hence, the study recommended life style modification and further monitoring of blood glucose levels to
prevent the risk of development of diabetes.