Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Diabetes screening in Malaysia is still low despite the increase in diabetes prevalence. Delay in diagnosis causes poor outcome in diabetes patients. This study aims to determine the prevalence and determinants of diabetes screening practice among Sungai Petani communities. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sungai Petani, Kedah using validated questionnaire in April 2019. RESULTS: The 370 non-diabetic adults were made of 38.1% male and 61.9% female, 79.2% Malay and 20.8% Non-Malay with mean (SD) age of 46.1 (13.1), monthly income of RM3037.40 (RM3005.90) and BMI of 25.8kg/m2 (5.3). The prevalence of diabetes screening was 42.4%. High education level, high monthly income, hypertensive, had family history of diabetes, overweight and obese, high diabetes knowledge, high intention and high subjective norm were associated with diabetes screening use. The predictors of diabetes screening practice were hypertension (aOR 2.46; 95%CI: 1.37, 4.40), overweight (aOR 7.49; 95%CI: 1.61, 39.74), obese (aOR 5.43; 95%CI: 1.16, 95.33) and intention towards diabetes screening (aOR 1.83; 95%CI: 1.10, 3.04). DISCUSSION: The diabetes screening prevalence in Sungai Petani was higher compared to previous studies in Malaysia. Underlying diseases such as hypertension and obesity influence diabetes screening practice as the patients usually would go and seek for treatment. Intention is an important intrinsic factor that initiate screening practice.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-239,
title = {Prevalence and Determinants of Diabetes Screening Practice Among Communities in Sungai Petani},
author = {Nurul Iman Abdul Rahim and Hayati Kadir Shahar and M. Community Health},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Diabetes screening in Malaysia is still low despite the increase in diabetes prevalence. Delay in diagnosis causes poor outcome in diabetes patients. This study aims to determine the prevalence and determinants of diabetes screening practice among Sungai Petani communities. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sungai Petani, Kedah using validated questionnaire in April 2019. RESULTS: The 370 non-diabetic adults were made of 38.1% male and 61.9% female, 79.2% Malay and 20.8% Non-Malay with mean (SD) age of 46.1 (13.1), monthly income of RM3037.40 (RM3005.90) and BMI of 25.8kg/m2 (5.3). The prevalence of diabetes screening was 42.4%. High education level, high monthly income, hypertensive, had family history of diabetes, overweight and obese, high diabetes knowledge, high intention and high subjective norm were associated with diabetes screening use. The predictors of diabetes screening practice were hypertension (aOR 2.46; 95%CI: 1.37, 4.40), overweight (aOR 7.49; 95%CI: 1.61, 39.74), obese (aOR 5.43; 95%CI: 1.16, 95.33) and intention towards diabetes screening (aOR 1.83; 95%CI: 1.10, 3.04). DISCUSSION: The diabetes screening prevalence in Sungai Petani was higher compared to previous studies in Malaysia. Underlying diseases such as hypertension and obesity influence diabetes screening practice as the patients usually would go and seek for treatment. Intention is an important intrinsic factor that initiate screening practice.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia},
keywords = {diabetes knowledge, Diabetes screening practice, Sungai Petani},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}