JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v4i4.2363 jpsim.v4i4.2363 Original Research Risk Assessment of Pakistani Individual for Diabetes (Rapid) in Gujranwala Mehmood Maqsood Shiekh Qaisar Mehmood drqaisar07@gmail.com * Ahmed Shakeel Tahir Azeem Allama Iqbal Trust Hospital Gujranwala Chaudhary Hospital Gujranwala CFM Karachi Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan General Hospital Faisalabab *Correspondence: Qaisar Mehmood Shiekh (drqaisar07@gmail.com) 29 11 2023 2023 4 4 312 316 09 08 2023 20 09 2023 Copyright © 2023 The Author(s) 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objectives

To access the adequacy of hazard evaluation of Pakistani Person for Diabetes in Gujranwala.

 Methodology

This community based observational multi centered study design was conducted on patients with type 2 diabetes aged more than 20 years. In this study purposive sampling method was used with a sample size of 385 participants. Data was collected on RAPID score sheet and was analysed by SPSS version 20.

 Results

Of the sample of 385 people, 385 participants completed the survey and it was concluded that 70% of the participants did not know that they had a chronic disease.

 Conclusion

Simple diabetes risk scores can be used to identify groups at high risk for diabetes and allow for timely intervention. Public awareness programs are needed to educate people about healthy lifestyles to reduce the risk of diabetes.

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