An Assessment of The Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus And Its Risk Factors Among People Living In Abuja, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorHaastrup, E.A
dc.contributor.authorOnwuama, M.A.C
dc.contributor.authorAdelowo, A.B.
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-26T10:34:33Z
dc.date.available2021-04-26T10:34:33Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionScholarly articlesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis survey investigated the prevalence of diabetes risk factors and diabetes mellitus among people living in Abuja. Using Simple Random and Purposive Sampling techniques for selecting geographical region and participants respectively, 417 Abuja residents were selected for the study. A standardized instrument - Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire - was used to determine the total diabetes risk score of the participants. In addition, the participants' demographic information and biometric variables like blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference were measured. The collected data were subjected to descriptive statistics of frequency count and percentage, while Chi square was used for inferential statistics to test the hypotheses at P < 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study revealed that the majority of the participants (66.7%) were either overweight or obese, 46.1% had unhealthy waist circumference, 43.9% had high blood pressure, 2.4% had high blood sugar; 66.4% were physically inactive, while 77.5% did not consume vegetables or fruits every day. With respect to the risk scores of developing diabetes mellitus in the next 10 years, about half (49.9%) of the participants were at low risk, 30.9% were at slightly elevated risk, 11.7% were at moderate risk, 7% were at high risk, and only 0.5% were at very high risk. The study concluded that the prevalence of diabetes risk factors is high among residents of Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), and a significant number of the residents are at high risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes mellitus in the next 10 yearsen_US
dc.identifier.citationHaastrup, E.A., Onwuama, M.A.C., & Adelowo, A.B. (2019). An Assessment of The Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus And Its Risk Factors Among People Living In Abuja, Nigeria. Journal of International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance. 5(1). 171-186en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/9358
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Danceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance;5(1)
dc.subjectDiabetes mellitusen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.subjectPrevalenceen_US
dc.subjectHigh Blood Pressureen_US
dc.subjectBody Mass Indexen_US
dc.subjectPhysical Activityen_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Educationen_US
dc.titleAn Assessment of The Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus And Its Risk Factors Among People Living In Abuja, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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