Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes

Deyaa Mansouri,1 Ebtehal Khayat,2 Mohannad Khayat,3 Muteb Aboawja,4 Areej Aseeri,5 Faisal Banah,6 Khulood Alsiary,7 Lama Abdulaziz Rammal,7 Adel D Almalki,8 Mohammed Hasaballah9 1Hera General Hospital, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 2Joint Program of Family Medicine, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 3Joint Program of Com...

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Autores principales:	Mansouri D, Khayat E, Khayat M, Aboawja M, Aseeri A, Banah F, Alsiary K, Rammal LA, Almalki AD, Hasaballah M
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:56de9c489da949b9b95fa4f2d631aabd2021-12-02T03:54:32ZSelf-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes1178-7007https://doaj.org/article/56de9c489da949b9b95fa4f2d631aabd2020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/self-monitoring-of-blood-glucose-and-hypoglycemia-association-during-f-peer-reviewed-article-DMSOhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-7007Deyaa Mansouri,1 Ebtehal Khayat,2 Mohannad Khayat,3 Muteb Aboawja,4 Areej Aseeri,5 Faisal Banah,6 Khulood Alsiary,7 Lama Abdulaziz Rammal,7 Adel D Almalki,8 Mohammed Hasaballah9 1Hera General Hospital, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 2Joint Program of Family Medicine, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 3Joint Program of Community Medicine, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 4King Faisal Medical City, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 5King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 6Armed Hospital Southen Rigon, KhamisMushait, Saudi Arabia; 7King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 8King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 9King Faisal Hospital, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Deyaa MansouriHera General Hospital, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaEmail dr_deyaa@hotmail.comPurpose: The study aims to assess current practices of patients with diabetes to control blood glucose levels during Ramadan.Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional approach has been used for collecting data through a structured and interview-based questionnaire to assess the association between self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and hypoglycemia. The questionnaire has recorded information about demographics, duration of diabetes, and treatment of diabetes, and hypoglycemia complications faced during Ramadan. The primary outcomes of this study include frequency of SMBG during fasting in Ramadan and association of SMBG and hypoglycemia and break of fasting. However, the secondary outcomes include medications, glycemic control, and other influencing factors. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.Results: The findings have shown that the majority of the patients used a combination of metformin+sulphonylurea (23.02%) following metformin+insulin (20.86%), insulin (12.94%), and metformin (8.63%). Whereas diet control, high or low blood sugar, insulin dose adjustment in fasting conditions were the most influential factors during Ramadan when the blood sugar levels were tested. Majority of the patients monitored their blood glucose level during pre-iftar (56.8%) following to hypoglycemia (30.2%), post-iftar (29.4%), and rarely monitored in afternoon (3.5%) despite that only 10.1% monitored their blood glucose on a daily basis. Patients who had symptoms of hypoglycemia and had to break their fasting at least once were 41% and 27.2%, respectively. There is a significant association between age and gender with symptoms of low blood sugar level. Additionally, a significant association between blood sugar monitoring and high blood sugar level has been shown (p=0.041), indicating that lack in daily blood sugar monitoring can increase the blood sugar level of a patient during Ramadan.Conclusion: The present study has helped in providing better understanding about the self-monitoring of blood glucose level and hypoglycemia. Furthermore, it also emphasizes the pre-Ramadan education about when to break their fasting along with frequency and timing of SMBG.Keywords: glycemic control, insulin, medication, metformin, sulphonylureaMansouri DKhayat EKhayat MAboawja MAseeri ABanah FAlsiary KRammal LAAlmalki ADHasaballah MDove Medical Pressarticleglycemic controlinsulinmedicationmetforminsulphonylure.Specialties of internal medicineRC581-951ENDiabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol Volume 13, Pp 1035-1041 (2020)
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spellingShingle	glycemic control insulin medication metformin sulphonylure. Specialties of internal medicine RC581-951 Mansouri D Khayat E Khayat M Aboawja M Aseeri A Banah F Alsiary K Rammal LA Almalki AD Hasaballah M Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes
description	Deyaa Mansouri,1 Ebtehal Khayat,2 Mohannad Khayat,3 Muteb Aboawja,4 Areej Aseeri,5 Faisal Banah,6 Khulood Alsiary,7 Lama Abdulaziz Rammal,7 Adel D Almalki,8 Mohammed Hasaballah9 1Hera General Hospital, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 2Joint Program of Family Medicine, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 3Joint Program of Community Medicine, Mecca, Saudi Arabia; 4King Faisal Medical City, Abha, Saudi Arabia; 5King Fahad Military Medical Complex, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 6Armed Hospital Southen Rigon, KhamisMushait, Saudi Arabia; 7King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 8King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 9King Faisal Hospital, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Deyaa MansouriHera General Hospital, Mecca, Saudi ArabiaEmail dr_deyaa@hotmail.comPurpose: The study aims to assess current practices of patients with diabetes to control blood glucose levels during Ramadan.Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional approach has been used for collecting data through a structured and interview-based questionnaire to assess the association between self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and hypoglycemia. The questionnaire has recorded information about demographics, duration of diabetes, and treatment of diabetes, and hypoglycemia complications faced during Ramadan. The primary outcomes of this study include frequency of SMBG during fasting in Ramadan and association of SMBG and hypoglycemia and break of fasting. However, the secondary outcomes include medications, glycemic control, and other influencing factors. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.Results: The findings have shown that the majority of the patients used a combination of metformin+sulphonylurea (23.02%) following metformin+insulin (20.86%), insulin (12.94%), and metformin (8.63%). Whereas diet control, high or low blood sugar, insulin dose adjustment in fasting conditions were the most influential factors during Ramadan when the blood sugar levels were tested. Majority of the patients monitored their blood glucose level during pre-iftar (56.8%) following to hypoglycemia (30.2%), post-iftar (29.4%), and rarely monitored in afternoon (3.5%) despite that only 10.1% monitored their blood glucose on a daily basis. Patients who had symptoms of hypoglycemia and had to break their fasting at least once were 41% and 27.2%, respectively. There is a significant association between age and gender with symptoms of low blood sugar level. Additionally, a significant association between blood sugar monitoring and high blood sugar level has been shown (p=0.041), indicating that lack in daily blood sugar monitoring can increase the blood sugar level of a patient during Ramadan.Conclusion: The present study has helped in providing better understanding about the self-monitoring of blood glucose level and hypoglycemia. Furthermore, it also emphasizes the pre-Ramadan education about when to break their fasting along with frequency and timing of SMBG.Keywords: glycemic control, insulin, medication, metformin, sulphonylurea
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author	Mansouri D Khayat E Khayat M Aboawja M Aseeri A Banah F Alsiary K Rammal LA Almalki AD Hasaballah M
author_facet	Mansouri D Khayat E Khayat M Aboawja M Aseeri A Banah F Alsiary K Rammal LA Almalki AD Hasaballah M
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title	Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes
title_short	Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes
title_full	Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes
title_fullStr	Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes
title_full_unstemmed	Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes
title_sort	self-monitoring of blood glucose and hypoglycemia association during fasting in ramadan among patients with diabetes
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/56de9c489da949b9b95fa4f2d631aabd
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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Hypoglycemia Association During Fasting in Ramadan Among Patients with Diabetes

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