Knowing the lifestyle behaviour and sociodemographic patterns of the diabetes is important not only to understand the underlying etiologies and pathogenetic mechanisms but also successful treatment strategies to manage diabetes in India. In this study, attempt has been made to explore the lifestyle behaviour of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with respect to their sociodemographic characteristics. This descriptive and cross sectional study systematic random sampling technique was used to select the sample of type 2 diabetic patients with inclusion criteria patients with confirmed type 2 diabetes mellitus and aged 18 years or older, patients attending outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi and who give consent to be a part of the study and exclusion criteria those patients who are seriously ill or have been advised admission in the hospital. For collection of data a self-developed validated semi structured questionnaire was prepared. Scheduled interview of 412 type 2 diabetic patient was conducted between 24th September 2018 to 31st December 2018 at outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi. The lifestyle behaviour showed out of 412 diabetic patients 35.4 percent were smoker, 28.8 percent had drinking behaviour, 32.7 percent were vegetarian, 51.9 percent had regular walking behaviour and 58.7 percent feel depression or anxiety when they think about diabetes. In conclusion, the study results show that there exists a significant statistical association between sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle behavior of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Keywords: Lifestyle behaviour, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Sociodemographic Characteristics.

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Dr Prakash Ranjan

The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka, New Delhi 110067