Prevalence & Risk Factors of Peripheral Neuropathy Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital-a Cross Sectional Study

EasyChair Preprint 4938

Abstract

Background: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), a common and chronic complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients leads to an increased risk of diabetic foot ulcer and lower limb amputation.This study was aimed to find out the prevalence of Peripheral Neuropathy among type-II Diabetic patients visiting a tertiary care hospital and the associated risk factors.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 273 type-II diabetics of either sex attending a General Medicine OPD of tertiary care hospital. Toronto clinical scoring system was used for detecting peripheral neuropathy. Continuous variables were analysed by using student unpaired t test and categorical variables were analysed by using Pearsons chisquare test. The association of risk factors with the prevalence of Diabetic peripheral neuropathy was analysed. The accepted level of significance was set below 0.05 (P<0.05).

Results: Our study consists of a total of 273 type-II Diabetes patients, with 142 males and 131 females. The Prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in our study was found to be 45.4%. male gender, advancing age, increased BMI, longer duration of diabetes,  poor glycemic control,  Hypertension, increased serum triglycerides & total cholesterol, dyslipdemia, & smoking were found to be significantly associated with the presence of DPN

Conclusion: This study showed that there is a high prevalence of peripheral neuropathy among type-II diabetic patients. Early detection through routine screening and regular follow up examinations will be helpful in preventing the progression of Neuropathy.

Keyphrases: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Prevalence, risk factors

@booklet{EasyChair:4938,
  author    = {Venkata Surendra and Muthiah Nagasundaram and Sailaja Karavadi and Sreenivas Kanaka},
  title     = {Prevalence & Risk Factors of Peripheral Neuropathy Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital-a Cross Sectional Study},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 4938},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2021}}