Jissir, S., Badr, R., Salih, S. (2023). Assessment of Nutritional Habits of Type-2- Diabetic Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 90(1), 1844-1856. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.284348
Saad Abdul-Ridh Jissir; Raheem Atiyah Badr; Shakir Mahdi Salih. "Assessment of Nutritional Habits of Type-2- Diabetic Patients". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 90, 1, 2023, 1844-1856. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.284348
Jissir, S., Badr, R., Salih, S. (2023). 'Assessment of Nutritional Habits of Type-2- Diabetic Patients', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 90(1), pp. 1844-1856. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.284348
Jissir, S., Badr, R., Salih, S. Assessment of Nutritional Habits of Type-2- Diabetic Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023; 90(1): 1844-1856. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2023.284348
Assessment of Nutritional Habits of Type-2- Diabetic Patients
Background: Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by hyperglycaemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, efficacy, or both. Improving glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes is vital in preventing micro- and macrovascular complications. Type 2 diabetes has become a serious threat to global health with an increase in its incidence in Asian countries. Objectives: The study aimed to assess the nutritional habits of type-2- diabetic patients, and to find out the relationship between nutritional habits of type-2- diabetic patients with their demographic characteristics that include age, gender, level of Educational, and duration of disease. Subjects and methods: A quantitative descriptive design was accomplished in order to inspect nutritional habits of type-2- diabetic patients. The study was carried out during the period from 30th December 2021 to 30th August 2022. A purposive sample of 100 patients were selected. The sample consisted of 50 patients from Baghdad Al-Rusafa Health Directorate/Al-Kindy Teaching Hospital and 50 patients from Baghdad AL-Karkh Health Directorate /Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital. Results: The study findings showed that the majority of the sample were of the age group (21–30) years old, most sample were males, quarter of them were Intermediate school graduate, 51% of patients, their HbA1c was between 8-9, which mean that more than half of patients were not controlling their blood sugar. Conclusion: Related to patient's feeding pattern the results identified that there was deficit knowledge in patients toward nutritional habits. Males were more than females regarding to use bad feeding pattern.
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