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Literature Review Of Diabetes In India

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Diabetes mellitus is a silent killer disease which occurs without any early symptom. It was estimated that there were 61.3 million people aged 20-79 years live with diabetes in India. This is expected to increase to 101.2 million by 2030. According to International Diabetes Federation (2012) in India about one million people died of diabetes. The disorder affects people of both the urban and rural India. It is also becoming a growing problem in the slum of urban, India (David and Whiting, 2011; Jha and Durgesh, 2013).

3.1. Existing facts about diabetes in India

India is the diabetes capital of the world. Currently there are 40 million diabetics living in India and by 2025 this number will increased to 70 million. …show more content…

A dietary change includes increased consumption of fat, sugar and calories. Higher stress levels also affecting insulin sensitivity. The distribution of fat around the trunk and central obesity also a strong risk factors for diabetes (Yajnik 2001; Everson, 2002; American Diabetes Association, 2009). Level of education and income are also associated with diabetes in high-income countries. International Diabetes Federation (2003) estimated that the impaired glucose tolerance was as high as the diabetes in all regions. Costs of diabetes care are alarmingly high. The incidence of depression is higher in diabetics and diabetes is one of the risk factor for depression (Paeratakul et al, 2002; Robbins et al, 2001; Katon, 2010). Assessment of risk factors and signs and symptoms of complications of diabetes are needed to be assessed. As well creating awareness regarding prevention of complication and self-care management is more important. The incidence of depression is higher among diabetics. The co-morbid depressive disorders cause diabetes complication thus affects health and quality life of a person (Ciechanowsk et al, …show more content…

Data were collected from medical records and through a structured interview questionnaire. Study results showed that the prevalence of hypertension was 72.4%. It was positively associated with age, body mass index, and duration of diabetes. About one-half of patients who were aware of hypertension failed to keep their blood pressure under control. Hypertension is a common co-morbidity among diabetics. Despite a high rate of awareness of hypertension among subjects was more than 90% (Mubarak et al,

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