Diabetes Mellitus Among Hospitalized Patients in Mukalla City, Yemen: Prevalence, symptoms and complications

The purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the burden of DM among patients admitted to tertiary hospitals in Mukalla city at eastern Yemen.Patients and methods: It is a cross sectional study among patients admitted to in three main hospitals in Mukalla city. Results: the prevalence of DM among admitted patients to the three hospitals in Mukalla city is 16.6%. Age specific prevalence rate is higher among adults over 40 years (40.3%) than the younger patients (2.2%). In a logistic regression only, age is a determinate factor to DM. The main symptoms and signs of the hospitalized DM patients are: polyurea (72.6%), polydipsia (70.5%), blurring of vision (57.9%), marked loss of weight (54.7%) Paresthesia (51.2%) and polyphagia (34.7%). The main complications among hospitalized DM patients are difficulty of vision (60.8%), Foot ulcer (53.6%) and loss of libido (49.2%).Conclusion: The prevalence of DM among hospitalized patients is high.