Abstract:
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common metabolic disorders. Previously it was considered
as the disease of affluent societies but currently its prevalence is increasing worldwide,
especially in developing countries. Strict glycemic control is the corner stone of medical diabetes
care to prevent diabetes related complications or early mortality. Thus poor glycemic control is
associated with excess of diabetes-related morbidity and mortality. There is no study published
on Jimma Hospital diabetes patients about their glycaemic control, using Hgb A1c, as an audit of
diabetes care.
OBJECTIVE:
This study was designed to assess the degree of glycaemic control and associated factors among
diabetes patients, served at Jimma University Specialized Hospital, South West Ethiopia.
METHODS:
A cross sectional study was conducted on June 2013 GC, among known diabetic patients
attending outpatient department of diabetes follow up clinic of Jimma University Specialized
Hospital.
Patients were stratified into Type 1 and type 2 diabetes based on their medication and then all
patients who came for follow up, from both groups, during the study period were included.
Participants were interviewed individually using pretested, predesigned questionnaire by trained
data collectors. Data on socio-demographic status, clinically obtained parameters and laboratory
(FBS and HgbA1c levels) were collected. The collected data was cleaned and entered into the
SPSS for windows version 16.0 statistical software of the computer for analysis.
Work plan and budget:
The total budget required for this study was ~14,000 Eth. birr. The duration of this research
project was 3 months (from proposal development up to final report).
