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Habeeb Khalifah AlRadhi
Saudi Arabia
Research Article
Situation Analysis of Diabetic Patients at Primary Health Care Centre in Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia
Author(s): Ali Mohammad AlMousa, Mohammed Nafy AlRuwaily, Faisal Rabia’a Al Ainzi, Abdullatif Abdul Aziz ALArifi, Habeeb Khalifah AlRadhi, Abdulla Abdul Jaleel Alkhalifa, Hassan Jawad AlSaad, Mohammed Zhafer AlQarni, Mansour Abdullah AlNaim, Abdulsattar Khan, Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Naim, Adel Nasser Al Bargi and Sayed Ibrahim AliAli Mohammad AlMousa, Mohammed Nafy AlRuwaily, Faisal Rabia’a Al Ainzi, Abdullatif Abdul Aziz ALArifi, Habeeb Khalifah AlRadhi, Abdulla Abdul Jaleel Alkhalifa, Hassan Jawad AlSaad, Mohammed Zhafer AlQarni, Mansour Abdullah AlNaim, Abdulsattar Khan, Abdulrahman Ahmad Al Naim, Adel Nasser Al Bargi and Sayed Ibrahim Ali
The prevalence of diabetes for all age groups worldwide was estimated to be 2.8% in 2000 and 4.4% in 2030. The total number of people with diabetes is projected to rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030. The problem is that it has many complications that affect multiple systems. The complications can be prevented by strictly control of sugar level. We aimed to find out the rate of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus by doing a situation analysis of file records at primary health care centre in Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia. It was a cross-sectional study conducted during a mentorship in April to June 2013. We started our study by defining our objectives and development of protocol. After initial approval of our research question, we started to develop a spread sheet for collection of information from files available at primary health care centre. During our study, we included 104 fi.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2168-9784.1000246