PMID- 37316565
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230616
LR  - 20230628
IS  - 2045-2322 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-2322 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Jun 14
TI  - Poor glycemic control and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes 
      mellitus: a cross-sectional study.
PG  - 9673
LID - 10.1038/s41598-023-36675-3 [doi]
LID - 9673
AB  - Glycemic control is of paramount importance in care and management for patients 
      with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Poor glycemic control is a major health 
      problem that greatly contributes to the development of diabetes related 
      complications. This study aims to assess the prevalence of poor glycemic control 
      and associated factors among outpatients with T2DM attending diabetes clinic at 
      Amana Regional Referral Hospital in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania from December 2021 to 
      September 2022. A face to face interviewer semi-structured questionnaire was 
      administered during data collection. Binary logistic regression under 
      multivariable analysis was used to determine the independent predictors of poor 
      glycemic control. A total of 248 patients with T2DM were included in the analysis 
      with mean age of 59.8 +/- 12.1 years. The mean fasting blood glucose was 
      166.9 +/- 60.8 mg/dL. The prevalence of poor glycemic control was 66.1% (fasting 
      blood glucose > 130 mg/dL or < 70 mg/dL). Failure to adhere to regular follow-up 
      (AOR = 7.53, 95% CI = 2.34-19.73, p < 0.001) and alcoholism (AOR = 4.71, 95% 
      CI = 1.08-20.59, p = 0.040) were the independent predictors of poor glycemic 
      control. The prevalence of poor glycemic control observed in this study was 
      significantly high. Emphasis should be placed on ensuring that patients have 
      regular follow-up for their diabetes clinics and they should also continue 
      modifying some of lifestyle behaviors including refraining from alcoholism, this 
      can help them to have good glycemic control.
CI  - (c) 2023. The Author(s).
FAU - Yahaya, James J
AU  - Yahaya JJ
AD  - Department of Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Soroti University, P. O. Box 
      211, Soroti, Uganda. jamesblessing24@yahoo.com.
FAU - Doya, Irene F
AU  - Doya IF
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of 
      Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania.
FAU - Morgan, Emmanuel D
AU  - Morgan ED
AD  - Department of Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Soroti University, P. O. Box 
      211, Soroti, Uganda.
FAU - Ngaiza, Advera I
AU  - Ngaiza AI
AD  - Deparment of Pathology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
AD  - Department of Pathology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 
      Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
FAU - Bintabara, Deogratius
AU  - Bintabara D
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of 
      Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230614
PL  - England
TA  - Sci Rep
JT  - Scientific reports
JID - 101563288
RN  - 0 (Blood Glucose)
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Alcoholism
MH  - Blood Glucose
MH  - Glycemic Control
MH  - Outpatients
PMC - PMC10267215
COIS- The authors declare no competing interests.
EDAT- 2023/06/15 01:08
MHDA- 2023/06/16 06:42
PMCR- 2023/06/14
CRDT- 2023/06/14 23:21
PHST- 2023/02/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/06/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/06/16 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/15 01:08 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/14 23:21 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/06/14 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-023-36675-3 [pii]
AID - 36675 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/s41598-023-36675-3 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 14;13(1):9673. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36675-3.