Assessment of Glucosuria and Ketonuria in Diabetic Patients Attending Gitwe District Hospital
Abstract
Background: Glucosuria and ketonuria are serious condition which mostly occur and affect in diabetes mellitus. Glycosuria is a rare condition in which kidney excrete glucose into the urine, nearly always caused by elevated blood glucose levels, most commonly due to untreated diabetes mellitus. while Ketonuria is a medical condition in which ketone bodies are present in the urine. It is seen in conditions in which the body produces excess ketones as an alternative source of energy. It is seen during starvation or more commonly in type I diabetes mellitus.
Aim: This cross-sectional study was conducted with the aim of assessing the levels of glucosuria and ketonuria in diabetes patients attending Gitwe District Hospital.
Methodology: The glucosuria and ketonuria in diabetes patients were tested. The study populations mainly comprised of diabetes patients, 116 study participants were included, the majority were 64.7% female while 35.3% were male. Urine sample was collected from diabetes patients and samples analysis was performed in biochemistry service of Gitwe District Hospital for glucosuria and ketonuria analysis using urine chemistry strips.
Results: During data analysis, the highest frequency of participants present in this study were (34.6%) between 51-60 years old. The mean age was 51years ± 10.787 SD (ranged from 26 – 79 years). 21.5% patients experienced glucosuria and 11.1% lived with ketonuria. correlation between glucosuria and ketonuria was found to be highly positive and statistically significant of 0.001 with Correlation Coefficient (r) of 0.886, which indicates that when glucosuria increase leads to increase of ketonuria too.
Conclusion: There are very few studies on glucosuria and ketonuria in diabetes patients, researchers are recommended to conduct researches related to this. Further researches are recommended to study the effects of change of glucosuria and ketonuria especially their association in diabetes patients.
Keywords: Glucosuria, Ketonuria, Diabetes, Insulin
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