DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i12.040

Pages: 4026-4031

Background: Knowing the lifestyle behaviour and sociodemographic patterns and their association with duration of diabetes is important not only to understand the underlying etiologies and pathogenetic mechanisms but also successful treatment strategies to manage diabetes in India. Objective: To identify patterns of lifestyle behaviors among people with Type 2 Diabetes with respect to their duration of diabetes. Material and methods: This descriptive and cross sectional study systematic random sampling technique was used to select the sample of type 2 diabetic patients. Scheduled interview of 412 type 2 diabetic patient was conducted at outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi. Results: The lifestyle behaviour of patients shows that among 78 percent smoker duration of diabetes between 2 to 10 years, among 80 percent patient having alcohol drinking behaviour duration of diabetes between 2 to 10 years, among 70 percent patient having walking behaviour duration of diabetes between 2 to 10 years and around 53 percent patient having depression and anxiety behaviour (when they think about living with diabetes) duration of diabetes more than 5 years. Conclusions: In conclusion, the study results show that duration of diabetes is associated with sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle behaviour of patients. Selected lifestyle behaviour like alcohol consumption behaviour, diet type (vegetarian or nonvegeterian), moderate intensity activity behaviour (like walking) and depression and anxiety behaviour (when they think about living with diabetes) shows statistically significant association with duration of Type 2 diabetes mellitus.