Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of those non-communicable diseases which has both immediate and delayed complications resulting in morbidity, high out of pocket costs, and high mortality rates. The objectives of our study was to assess the status of care and blood glucose control among patients with type 2 diabetic patients' in central Kashmir division.

Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done among 53 diagnosed cases of type 2 diabetes, mellitus. The sample was selected through multi-stage cluster random sampling and data was collected through a questionnaire by interviewing patients and reviewing their files, and 3 categories of demographic, clinical and socio-economic factors were studied. The data was analyzed by Chi-Square test using SPSS software version 20.

Results: The results of Chi-square test indicated that there is significant relationship between gender of the patients, increasing age among them, their marital status and level of education among them, while insignificant relationship was found for the occupation and family size of the diabetic patients. The results also showed significant relationship between body mass index, family history of diabetes, ordered drug use and nutritional education on diabetes. Socioeconomic characteristics of the studied samples regarding care and control showed significant relationship of smoking behavior and exercise with diabetes while insignificant results were concluded for vegetable consumption and income level.

Conclusion: We concluded that life style modifications, dietary modifications, control of weight gain and self-care programs are an effective medium for prevention of complication of diabetes mellitus.

Keywords: Diabetes Mellitus, Central Kashmir, Diabetes Care.

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Dr Zorawar Singh

Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Srinagar