Abstract
Objective: The main objective was to study the prevalence of diabetes and to create the awareness of the diseases among the peoples who visited and admitted in tertiary care hospital at Chennai.
 Methods: This study was carried out at Sir Ivan Stedford Hospital in Chennai. The data were collected from the outpatient department of diabetology. In our study, 150 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients were selected, which include visited or admitted in the hospitals. The pilot study used to observe DM patient for 3 months and the outcome was recorded. As per the standard guidelines, patient data collection form was prepared and got approval from diabetologist for collected patient data and pharmaceutical care issues.
 Results: A total of 150 cases were collected for this study. The epidemiological evaluation study has expresses that female patients were more when compared to male patients. The survey results indicate that 62 numbers are literate people and 88 of them are illiterate. As per the survey, the results indicate that the diet followers are 92 and non-followers are 58. The findings show that in patients doing exercise are more when compared to non-exerciser. The alcohol consumers show 42 of DM patients. The survey results show that 42 peoples are alcohol consumers and 46 peoples are smokers.
 Conclusion: The survey on epidemiological study on diabetes patients demonstrated the prevalence of DM and the patient’s adherence to diabetic care. In our study, we guided patients based on their diet and exercise through counseling. As a pharmacist, we render our services to patients.
Highlights
The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly rising all over the globe at an alarming rate
The diabetes mellitus (DM) patients are more in old age groups (54%) who were available in the tertiary hospital when compared to each other age group of patients, Asian J Pharm Clin Res, Vol 13, Issue 3, 2020, 165-167
The present study was conducted on subjects with DM to evaluate the risk factors related to the complications of the disease who were visited the tertiary care hospital
Summary
The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly rising all over the globe at an alarming rate. Over the past 30 years, the status of diabetes mellitus (DM) has changed from being considered as a mild disorder of the elderly to one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality affecting the youth and middle-aged people [1]. It is significant to note that the rise in prevalence is seen in all six populated continents of the globe. Nowhere is the diabetes epidemic more pronounced than in India as the World Health Organization reports show that 32 million people had diabetes in the year 2002 [3,4,5]. The International Diabetes Federation estimates the total number of diabetic subjects to be around 40.9 million in India and this is advance set to rise to 69.9 million by the year 2025 [6]
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