Risk assessment for type-2 dm among the police at 5th ksrp, commended office, jockey quarters, mysuru

Background: Diabetes is a major illness among the worldwide. In south Asia every year Diabetes affects 1 in 11 adults and cause 747,000 preventable deaths. The causes and risk of Type 2 DM is multifactorial and genetic factors and also food quality is having an effect on diet and influence on obesity, high living standards and changes in life styles. Affordable, quick and easily available validated tools are required for assessment of risk factors for type 2 DM. Using one such questionnaire tool we have conducted a descriptive study in among the Police at 5th KSRP, commended office, jockey quters, Mysuruto identify and assess the risk of development of Type 2 DM. Objective: The objective of the study is to assess the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus among the Police at 5th KSRP, commended office, jockey quters, Mysuru and to find the association between risk of developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus with their selected personal variables Methodology: Questionnaire on demographic proforma. Finnish diabetes risk score was used to collect data. An explorative descriptive method has been adopted and 100 patients were selected for the study using simple random sampling technique. Results: The result of the study revealed that 51.1% of participants have moderate risk, 33.3% of participants have high risk and 15.6% of participants have slightly elevated risk. Conclusion: The participants of this study have moderate risk of getting type 2 DM and Gender, Age, Occupation and BMI are significantly associated in contributing the risk of developing type 2 DM.