PMID- 29673847
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180911
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1872-8227 (Electronic)
IS  - 0168-8227 (Linking)
VI  - 142
DP  - 2018 Aug
TI  - Challenges in the management of Type 2 Diabetes among native women in the United 
      Arab Emirates.
PG  - 56-62
LID - S0168-8227(18)30127-X [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.04.018 [doi]
AB  - AIM: To investigate Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) management in native female 
      patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS: Ninety women from the 
      outpatient diabetes clinic at Tawam Hospital, UAE, were interviewed face-to-face 
      about how they manage their disease, using a structured questionnaire. Clinical 
      values of the patients were extracted from medical records. RESULTS: The mean age 
      of the women was 57.5 (SD: 12.7) years and half of them were illiterates. 
      Two-third of the participants had hypertension and/or high cholesterol. A 
      majority reported to have received information about lifestyle modification but 
      admitted low physical activity and unhealthy diet. Mean weight and BMI were 80.0 
      (SD: 17.2) kg and 33.5 (SD: 6.3) kg/m(2), respectively. Although the majority 
      were taught how to measure blood glucose, 46% considered self-measurement 
      difficult. Oral antihyperglycemic drugs were used by 96% of participants, and 31% 
      were also taking injections. Forty-nine percent had HbA1c values below 7% and the 
      average was 7.7% (range: 4.9-14.1). Two-third had systolic blood pressure (SBP) 
      and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) values within the target range. CONCLUSION: 
      Despite major challenges in T2DM management among native female patients in UAE, 
      this study shows that one in two patients had an overall glycemic control that 
      was acceptable.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Abuelmagd, Walaa
AU  - Abuelmagd W
AD  - Department of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, 
      Norway. Electronic address: walaa.abuelmagd@farmasi.uio.no.
FAU - Afandi, Bachar
AU  - Afandi B
AD  - Diabetes Centre, Tawam-John Hopkins Hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. 
      Electronic address: bafandi@seha.ae.
FAU - Hakonsen, Helle
AU  - Hakonsen H
AD  - Department of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, 
      Norway. Electronic address: helle.hakonsen@farmasi.uio.no.
FAU - Khmidi, Seham
AU  - Khmidi S
AD  - Diabetes Centre, Tawam-John Hopkins Hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates. 
      Electronic address: skhamdi@seha.ae.
FAU - Toverud, Else-Lydia
AU  - Toverud EL
AD  - Department of Social Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo, Oslo, 
      Norway. Electronic address: e.l.toverud@farmasi.uio.no.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180416
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Diabetes Res Clin Pract
JT  - Diabetes research and clinical practice
JID - 8508335
RN  - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents)
SB  - IM
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology/*therapeutic use
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - United Arab Emirates
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Diabetes
OT  - Drug use
OT  - HbA1c
OT  - Lifestyle
OT  - UAE
EDAT- 2018/04/21 06:00
MHDA- 2018/09/12 06:00
CRDT- 2018/04/21 06:00
PHST- 2018/01/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/03/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/04/09 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/09/12 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0168-8227(18)30127-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.04.018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Aug;142:56-62. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.04.018. 
      Epub 2018 Apr 16.