THE PREVALENCE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN IFE CENTRAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Arayombo Babatunde Elijah*, Omolajaiye Sunday Abraham, Awe Adeniyi, Arayombo Arayemi Serah, Ajiroba Johnson Olasunkanmi, Arayombo Solomon Bolade and Olaniyan Boluwatife Janet

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The rate at which diabetes mellitus is increasing has become alarming and it is a source of concern to the global health care system, especially in the low and middle income countries all over the world. The aim of this study is centered on evaluating the prevalence of diabetes mellitus among the populace of Ife Central local government area of Osun State, Nigeria. Materials and Method: The study was conducted in a medical outreach of Dr. Omolajaiye Foundation (DOF) in May, 2024 at yam sellers’ stall area of Odo-Ogbe Market, in Ife Central local government of Osun State, Nigeria. Five Hundred and twenty two participants were involved in this cross-sectional study. The coordinator of the foundation, medical teams and the researcher having gotten the royal consent from the palace of Ooni of Ife and the Iya-loja of the market who in turn informed the subject and the community at large via various means, including, town hall awareness programs, announcements on various Ife community whatsApp platforms, Television and Radio stations (Orisun Fm) for 4 weeks to help disseminate the information and notify the residents of the medical outreach for this study. Random blood glucose were determined using fine test glucometer and appropriate glucometer strip. Results: There were 522 participants out of which (101 Males, 421 Females), (174 Educated, 348 uneducated), (216 married, 48 single, 64 widows, 194 divorced). Majority (441) of the sample population constituting 84.5% are normoglycemic. The current research found a 5.2 % diabetes prevalence (27 participants) with the mode (10 individuals) in the 51-60 years age group followed by (6 individuals) in the age group of 61-70 years. Also, there were 42 participants in pre-diabetic range constituting approximately 8% of the sample population. This study found a total of 9 participants with hypoglycemia, the modal occurrence (5 participants) was seen in the age group 71-80 years, followed by (3) occurrences in the 61-70 age group. Conclusion: The findings from this study revealed diabetes prevalence in Ife Central local government area to be 5.2% which was slightly lower than the earlier documented figure of 5.5% in the south western part of the country, this may be due to improved health awareness campaign and lack of vital statistics in the area, misdiagnosis, better attitude to seeking health care delivery and influence/presence of tertiary health care facility in the area under study.

Keywords: Prevalence, Diabetes mellitus, Ife-Central LGA, Osun State.