The effectiveness of control glucose intake among diabetic patient in Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah in 2015 / Muhammad Firdaus Asanai

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by increase of glucose concentration in blood which is hyperglycaemia. It is known that consuming carbohydrate or glucose is important as it is the main source of energy but it is needed to be control among diabetic patient. It can be worse if not being controlled which diabetes complication can be present such as heart disease, kidney disease, nerve damage and many more. In this research, 100 of random diabetic patient in Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar that has performed HbA1c test and Fasting Blood Glucose in January 2015 until June 2015 was chosen. Their previous and current HbA1C result and current Fasting blood glucose is collected. Then, the data were divided according to age, sex, race and result. The division of result is based upon HbA1c result; exceed 6.5%, below 4%, range 4%-5.6%, and range 5.7%-6.4%. In the result, the 100 chosen patients were 51 of Malay, 36 of Chinese, 9 of Indian and 4 of others. There were 74 of the patient has increase their HbA1C from previous result, 18 of the patient have high-risk of getting diabetes complication, 8 of the patients were in normal or healthy condition and there is 0 of patient get result below than 4% which is called hypoglycaemia. It can be conclude that the number of diabetes patient that improperly control their glucose intake are high.