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Preventive Medicine 2018 Journal of Preventive Medicine
ISSN: 2572-5483 Page 25
July 16-17, 2018
London, UK
9th Edition of International Conference on
Preventive Medicine
& Public Health
Background: Moralities due to high blood glucose is gaining
grounds globally which Ghana is not out of this statistics.
This study was to ascertain whether high blood glucose was
significant among the sample population. The respondents
were taken from six municipalities in Brong-Ahafo-Region of
Ghana to ascertain whether they were at high risk of type 2
diabetes.
Purpose: The researchers were to ascertain whether mortality
rate in Brong-Ahafo Region could be associated to increased
blood glucose to generate measures of preventive healthcare
for further investigative research to come out with mediating
measures.
Method: This data was obtained from the Department of
Preventive Healthcare and Lifestyle Medicine at Valley View
University, Techiman Campus. The blood glucose of 528
respondents was taken. They were both males and females
between 18 and 59 years old. The respondents are from
Techiman, Nkoranza, Atebubu, Kwamedanso, Yeji and Kajiji
traditional areas, all in the Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana.
Glucometer with strips were used. The tip of the ring finger of
the left hand was pricked for the blood sample.
Study Design & Limitations: The study is basically cross
sessional. This paper is to investigate for only the prevalence
rate of blood glucose among the given population. It will
address its risk factors, preventive measures and treatment;
they are available in the scientific journals.
Results: 470 (89%) of the respondence had normal blood
glucose. Among those with high blood glucose, the males’
prevalence rate was 29 (5.4%) while the females chocked 37
(7%). The cumulative record of 12.4% of the prevalent rate was
alarming among the respondents.
Conclusion: High blood glucose was recorded among the
despondence which calls for intervention models by the
municipal and the district health directorates.
Biography
Patsy Ago Adams is a Nursing Officer and OPD at Tamale Teaching Hospi-
tal, Ghana.
Assessing the risk of diabetes in northern part of Brong-Ahafo
Region, Ghana
Patsy Ago Adams1, Esther Amo Kyeremeh and Paul Amo Kyeremeh
1Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Patsy Ago Adams et al., J Prev Med 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2572-5483-C1-002