Diabetes Campaign among University Students in a Higher Top Ten Country

Hanan S. Ez–Elarab¹, Samar S. Ahmed^{2, 3,} and Abdullah S Abdelazem^{4, 3}

¹Community Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine -Ain- Shams University

²Community Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Medicine

³Medicine, Suez University

⁴Biochemistry, Suez University

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Hanan S. Ez–Elarab, Samar S. Ahmed and Abdullah S Abdelazem. Diabetes Campaign among University Students in a Higher Top Ten Country. American Journal of Public Health Research. 2020; 8(1):36-40. doi: 10.12691/AJPHR-8-1-6

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) prevalence is increasing now a day in all countries. It is a major emerging clinical and public health problem worldwide and more specifically in Egypt. Pre-diabetes is a clinical stage before diabetes. Life style changes in this stage could prevent or delay developing of diabetes with its morbid and fatal complications. Aim of the study: was to assess pre-diabetes and diabetes frequency and identify associated risk factors among Ain-Shams and Suez university students. Subjects and Methods: 854 university students were surveyed by a self-assessment diabetic score followed by measurement of blood pressure, weight, height, waist circumference and random blood glucose. For those with diabetes screening score ≥ 4 or finger-stick test strip levels equal or above 140mg/dL fasting blood glucose were done. Results: Nearly quarter (24.8%) of the studied sample were at risk of pre-diabetes or diabetes by diabetic scoring and (8%) of them by random blood glucose testing. Demographic factors as female gender, urban residence and life styles as daily stress exposure, physical inactivity and smoking of cigarettes or shisha, in addition; high blood pressure and obesity were accompanied with high risk of pre-diabetes and diabetes. Conclusion: Awareness of university students and other population segments to measure either random or fasting blood glucose and modify life styles risk factors of pre-diabetes is utmost important to prevent or delay developing of diabetes mellitus.

Keywords

campaign, pre-diabetes, diabetes, screening, blood glucose, lifestyle

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