Poor Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Two Tertiary Care Centers during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Oli, Jagatkiran; Pant, Ved Prakash; Niraula, Apeksha; Lamsal, Madhab

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Poor Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Two Tertiary Care Centers during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

creativeworkseries.issn	JNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.author	Oli, Jagatkiran
dc.contributor.author	Pant, Ved Prakash
dc.contributor.author	Niraula, Apeksha
dc.contributor.author	Lamsal, Madhab
dc.date.accessioned	2026-01-22T09:48:46Z
dc.date.available	2026-01-22T09:48:46Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.description	Jagatkiran Oli B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5246-6043 Ved Prakash Pant B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9345-6212 Apeksha Niraula Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2866-7969 Madhab Lamsal B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Sunsari, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-7414
dc.description.abstract	Abstract Introduction: Lockdown enforced to control the rapid transmission of novel coronavirus has resulted in the confinement of people in the home and restrictions of movement. This may have altered the lifestyle and glycemic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. This study aimed to find the prevalence of poor glycemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in two tertiary care centres during COVID-19 lockdown. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 259 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in selected hospitals from 1st September to 30th September 2020 after receiving ethical approval from the Departmental Research Unit, Biochemistry under Institutional Review Committee (Reference number: DRU/01/2020). A convenience sampling method was used. Data analysis was done by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 26.0. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and proportion for binary data. Results: Among 259 patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, 183 (70.65%) (65.10-76.20 at 95% Confidence Interval) had poor glycemic control during the lockdown period. Mean fasting and post-prandial blood glucose among these patients were 164.16±49.30 mg/dl and 246.76±69.86 mg/dl respectively. Conclusions: Our study depicts that the majority of the type 2 diabetes mellitus patients had poor glycemic control during the lockdown period which was similar when compared to other studies.
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6998
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4340
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Nepal Medical Association
dc.subject	COVID-19
dc.subject	Glycemic control
dc.subject	Healthy lifestyle
dc.subject	Lockdown
dc.subject	Type 2 diabetes
dc.title	Poor Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Two Tertiary Care Centers during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
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