Introduction: India is a developing country with a population of about 1.3 billion. Non communicable diseases like hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease contribute for around 60% of all fatalities in India. They are more common in urban areas as compared to rural areas. Diabetes is emerging as a global burden. Its global prevalence nearly doubled in only 30 years, showing a continuing upward trend.
Methodology: The research approach selected for the study was quantitative approach. The research design was an institution based, single centered, observational descriptive study, cross sectional in design and was carried out for a duration of 28 days (4 weeks) from 01.06.2024 to 29.06.2024. The study was conducted in the Outpatient Department (OPD) of Regimenal therapies, National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) Bengaluru. All people above 21 years of age attending to OPD constituted study population. In present study, 524 subjects were included in the study. The WHO guidelines were used to diagnose diabetes. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 24.
Results: The study revealed that prevalence of T2DM was 19.07% in the population. In the present study, 53% of diagnosed T2DM patients were females and rest 47% were males. Majority of diagnosed diabetic patients (37%) belonged to the age group of above 60 years followed by 36% in the age group of 51-60.
Conclusion: Prevalence of T2DM is significantly increasing at a greater pace globally as well as in India. Diabetes prevention and management pose a significant challenge in India due to a number of issues and barriers, including a lack of a multisectoral approach, surveillance data, awareness of diabetes, its risk factors, and complications, access to health care settings, access to affordable medicines, and so on. Thus, effective health promotion and primary prevention at both the individual and public levels are critical to combating the diabetes epidemic and reducing diabetes-related comorbidities in India.
