Socio-Demographic and Clinical Profile of Diabetes Patients Attending in A Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

Abstract

Objective: To find the socio-demographic and clinical profile of diabetes patients attending in a tertiary care hospital in north India. Methods: This was a hospital based retrospective study conducted in a tertiary care hospital in north India. The records of all the patients diagnosed for either type-1 or type-2 diabetes who visited hospital out-patient department during the period of one year were noted on pre-designed proforma. A total of 333 cases of diabetes were enrolled in the study. Out of these, 61 cases were diagnosed as new cases (those who were diabetic for last one month preceding the enrollment). Thus, 272 cases were finally analyzed for the study. Results: About one third of cases were between 51-60 years (30.9%). More than half of cases were males (53.7%). More than half of cases were illiterate (64%). About one third of cases were professional (31.6%). More than half of cases had duration of diabetes between 1-5 years (57.4%). The mean duration of diabetes was 5.22±5.05 years. Family history was the most common clinical history of cases (38.2%). Hypertension was the most common clinical history of cases (18.8%). Dyslipidemia was the third most common clinical history of cases (8.1%). Hyperthyroidism was least common clinical history of cases (1.8%).