Okafor, J. C. and Adepoju, A.B. (2019) NUTRITIONAL STATUSAND PREVALENCE OF TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS AMONG ELDERLY RESIDING IN ILARO, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA. In: 1st National Conference of WITED, Ilaro Chapter, August 13-16, 2019, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
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Diabetes mellitus is a public health problem and a global health threat which scientific evidence has indicated individual’s nutritional status as one of its contributing factors. Critical assessment of this contributing factor will help in reducing its prevalence. The study assessed the nutritional status and prevalence of diabetes among the elderly residing in Ilaro. It was descriptive and cross-sectional in design involving two hundred and fifty (250) elderly people. A semi-structured and interviewer administered questionnaire was used to obtained data on socio-demographic characteristics. Anthropometric measurements {weight (kg) and height (m)} were taken, body mass index {BMI (kg/m2 )} was calculated and nutritional status indices were classified using World Health Organization (WHO) standards. Blood glucose test was carried out using Glucometer. Data were analyzed using SPSS. V.20.0. Majority of the respondents were females (59.6%), between 60-64years (42.4%), practice Christian religion (64.8%) and belong to Yoruba ethnic group (94.8%). Anthropometric measurement shows that 56.8% of the respondents have normal BMI while 22.8%, 10.0% and 10.4% were overweight, obese and underweight respectively. Random blood glucose test reveals that 8.0% were diabetic, 3.0% were pre-diabetic while 16.0% and 73.0% have low and normal blood glucose levels respectively. Significant association (p< 0.05) was observed between nutritional status and some of the socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents. Also, blood glucose range was found to be significantly associated (p< 0.05) with the nutritional status of the respondents. In conclusion high prevalence of diabetes mellitus as well as overweight which co-exist with underweight was observed among the elderly sampled, thus nutrition intervention targeted at the care of the elderly is recommended.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry |
| Depositing User: | Dr J. Soyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2021 15:31 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2021 15:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1413 |
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