PMID- 37332421
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230620
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 5
DP  - 2023 May
TI  - Assessing the Risk and Awareness of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Medical 
      Students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
PG  - e39087
LID - 10.7759/cureus.39087 [doi]
LID - e39087
AB  - Background Metabolic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), are increasingly 
      becoming a global problem. Apart from clinical judgment, it is necessary to have 
      reliable, inexpensive, and non-invasive tools to assess the risk of type 2 
      diabetes mellitus (T2DM), as the disease can be diagnosed years after its onset, 
      with irreversible complications. Methodology This is an observational 
      cross-sectional study conducted at the College of Medicine, King Saud University, 
      located in the capital city of Saudi Arabia. Data was collected through a 
      questionnaire administered to medical students who voluntarily agreed to 
      participate. The risk of T2DM was assessed using the American Diabetes 
      Association diabetes risk test. The collected data was coded, entered into the 
      Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (SPSS; IBM Inc., Armonk, New 
      York), and subsequently analyzed. Results A total of 417 participants were 
      included in our study, with a mean age of 20 +/- 2.03 years and a mean body mass 
      index (BMI) of 24.2 +/- 5.3. The mean DM risk score was 1.83 +/- 1.32 out of a total 
      of 11. Of all the participants, 98.8% had a low-risk score for T2DM, while only 
      1.2% were identified as having a higher risk of developing T2DM. Approximately 
      77% of the participants had checked their weight and calculated their BMI in the 
      last year. Among the participants, 98.1% identified obesity as a risk factor for 
      T2DM, 57.8% reported smoking as a risk factor, 96.4% recognized a family history 
      of DM as a risk factor, 80.8% identified a history of gestational DM as a risk 
      factor, and 53.7% reported hypertension as a risk factor for T2DM. Conclusions 
      Most of the study participants demonstrated a good knowledge level and awareness 
      regarding T2DM, with only 1.2% found to be at an increased risk of developing the 
      disease. Our analysis did not identify any significant association between having 
      a high or low-risk score for T2DM and having a high or low awareness level of the 
      disease.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023, Algadheeb et al.
FAU - Algadheeb, Abdulrahman S
AU  - Algadheeb AS
AD  - Family Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Basham, Karam M
AU  - Basham KM
AD  - Family Medicine, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alshahrani, Mohsin A
AU  - Alshahrani MA
AD  - Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Third Cluster, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alshamrani, Ahmed A
AU  - Alshamrani AA
AD  - Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Third Cluster, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Alzahrani, Ahmed
AU  - Alzahrani A
AD  - Family Medicine, Ministry of Health, Third Cluster, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - Algadheeb, Sultan S
AU  - Algadheeb SS
AD  - College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, SAU.
FAU - AlRefaei, Mohammad A
AU  - AlRefaei MA
AD  - College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, SAU.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230516
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC10270217
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - awareness
OT  - medical student
OT  - risk assessment
OT  - saudi arabia
OT  - type 2 diabetes
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2023/06/19 06:42
MHDA- 2023/06/19 06:43
PMCR- 2023/05/16
CRDT- 2023/06/19 02:36
PHST- 2023/05/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/06/19 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/19 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/19 02:36 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/05/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.39087 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2023 May 16;15(5):e39087. doi: 10.7759/cureus.39087. eCollection 2023 
      May.