A Study to Determine the Risk of Diabetes among the Adults of Various Temperaments using IDRS
Journal Title: Journal of Integrated Community Health - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: The prevalence of diabetes is increasing worldwide and is expected to reach 4% by 2030. The risk of diabetes increases with the presence of more and more risk factors. Being categorized among Amraz-e-baridah, diabetes was more expected to affect Amzaja-e-barida (balghami and saudavi). The IDRS is a simple, feasible and low cost tool for studying the diabetes risk. Aims of the study: To assess the risk score of diabetes among the subjects of different temperaments using IDRS. A cross sectional study was conducted on adult subjects (n=358) of both gender and four temperaments at department of Tashreeh wa Munafeul Aza, faculty of unani medicine, AMU, Aligarh during April 2017 – April 2018. A semi- structured interview was scheduled consisting of socio-demographic characteristics. The temperament assessment questionnaire based on Ajnas-e-Ashrah was used to assess the mizaj-e-Shakhsi and IDRS pro forma was used to determine the diabetes risk score of the subjects. Data was entered and analyzed in SPSS. Results: More than half of the selected subjects (54.24%) were found to be at Moderate risk of developing diabetes in near future while around one tenth of the total subjects (13.40%) were at high risk. A good percentage (22.34%) was found to be at No risk. 80.96% Balghami subjects selected for this study were found to be at risk of having diabetes. Conclusion: The subjects having more of Barudat and Ratubat in their Amzaja were found to be at greater risk of developing Diabetes hence this screening is of utmost importance and can be proved beneficial for timely interventions.
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Aisha Aijaz
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