| Autor: |
G R, Letchuman, W M, Wan Nazaimoon, W B, Wan Mohamad, L R, Chandran, G H, Tee, H, Jamaiyah, M R, Isa, H, Zanariah, I, Fatanah, Y, Ahmad Faudzi |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Medical journal of Malaysia. 65(3) |
| ISSN: |
0300-5283 |
| Popis: |
The Malaysian National Health Morbidity Survey III (NHMS III), conducted in 2006, was a cross-sectional household survey of the prevalence of chronic diseases, involving 34,539 respondents of ageor =18 years old, in all states of Malaysia. Data collection was by face-to-face interview. Those who self-professed not to be diabetics underwent finger-prick glucose test following at least 8 hours of fasting. The overall prevalence of diabetes mellitus (known and newly diagnosed) was 11.6%. The Indians had the highest prevalence of 19.9% followed by Malays 11.9% and Chinese 11.4%. The prevalence of people with known diabetes and newly diagnosed diabetes was 7.0% and 4.5% respectively. Impaired Fasting Glycaemia was found to be 4.2%. Majority (73.5%) of the patients used government healthcare facilities for their diabetic care. Usage of insulin alone or in combination was low at 7.2% of patients. Only 45.05% of known diabetics have ever had their eye examined. Amputees formed 4.3% of the patients with known diabetes while 3.4% had suffered a stroke event and 1.6% was on some form of renal replacement therapy. |
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