Cargando…

Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is growing enormously worldwide, and actions need to be taken in order to minimize the burden of diabetes mellitus and reduce its complications. Since two-thirds of Kuwait’s population are expatriates, the prevalence of and factors associated with diabetes am...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ali, Anwar, Alfajjam, Shaikhah, Gasana, Janvier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409622
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073943
_version_ 1784684818252955648
author Ali, Anwar
Alfajjam, Shaikhah
Gasana, Janvier
author_facet Ali, Anwar
Alfajjam, Shaikhah
Gasana, Janvier
author_sort Ali, Anwar
collection PubMed
description The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is growing enormously worldwide, and actions need to be taken in order to minimize the burden of diabetes mellitus and reduce its complications. Since two-thirds of Kuwait’s population are expatriates, the prevalence of and factors associated with diabetes among migrant workers was assessed as it has a significant impact on migrant workers’ quality of life, health, and productivity. The data used in this study was for all migrant workers who attended Shuaiba Industrial Medical Center (SIMC) for physical examination in the year 2018. Univariate and multivariate regression were used to assess the relationship between diabetes mellitus and the other independent factors where odds ratios with confidence intervals were delineated. Information for a total of 3477 participants was recorded in the dataset for 2018. Of the total participants, 10.1% had diabetes mellitus. About 49% of the participants were overweight. The largest age group of participants was between 31 and 40 years of age. A small percentage of the participants were diagnosed with hypertension at 11.8%. Additionally, 76.1% of the participants reported themselves as non-smokers. Diabetes was positively associated with age, hypertension, and nationalities. However, no association was found between BMI and smoking tobacco. This is the first study in SIMC to assess DM and its associated risk factor among migrants, since migrant workers are neglected subpopulations that need our focus and attention to achieve justice and fairness. The findings revealed that the prevalence of DM among our study population was considerably lower. However, a healthy lifestyle, including a healthy diet and being physically active, need to be introduced to prevent any further damage.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8997920
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-89979202022-04-12 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait Ali, Anwar Alfajjam, Shaikhah Gasana, Janvier Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is growing enormously worldwide, and actions need to be taken in order to minimize the burden of diabetes mellitus and reduce its complications. Since two-thirds of Kuwait’s population are expatriates, the prevalence of and factors associated with diabetes among migrant workers was assessed as it has a significant impact on migrant workers’ quality of life, health, and productivity. The data used in this study was for all migrant workers who attended Shuaiba Industrial Medical Center (SIMC) for physical examination in the year 2018. Univariate and multivariate regression were used to assess the relationship between diabetes mellitus and the other independent factors where odds ratios with confidence intervals were delineated. Information for a total of 3477 participants was recorded in the dataset for 2018. Of the total participants, 10.1% had diabetes mellitus. About 49% of the participants were overweight. The largest age group of participants was between 31 and 40 years of age. A small percentage of the participants were diagnosed with hypertension at 11.8%. Additionally, 76.1% of the participants reported themselves as non-smokers. Diabetes was positively associated with age, hypertension, and nationalities. However, no association was found between BMI and smoking tobacco. This is the first study in SIMC to assess DM and its associated risk factor among migrants, since migrant workers are neglected subpopulations that need our focus and attention to achieve justice and fairness. The findings revealed that the prevalence of DM among our study population was considerably lower. However, a healthy lifestyle, including a healthy diet and being physically active, need to be introduced to prevent any further damage. MDPI 2022-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8997920/ /pubmed/35409622 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073943 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Ali, Anwar
Alfajjam, Shaikhah
Gasana, Janvier
Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait
title Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait
title_full Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait
title_fullStr Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait
title_full_unstemmed Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait
title_short Diabetes Mellitus and Its Risk Factors among Migrant Workers in Kuwait
title_sort diabetes mellitus and its risk factors among migrant workers in kuwait
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8997920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35409622
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073943
work_keys_str_mv AT alianwar diabetesmellitusanditsriskfactorsamongmigrantworkersinkuwait
AT alfajjamshaikhah diabetesmellitusanditsriskfactorsamongmigrantworkersinkuwait
AT gasanajanvier diabetesmellitusanditsriskfactorsamongmigrantworkersinkuwait