Diabetes – How Much Affected Our Police Personnel Are? - A Cross Sectional Study in District Gwalior (M.P.)

Abstract

Background: Police work is considered as inherently stressful on account of several factors such as long and unpredictable hours of work, constant exposure to traumatic situations, they have irregular diet, take overtime and shift work with no rest. All these factors ultimately lead to diabetes and negative impact of health outcomes. The long–term effects of diabetes mellitus include progressive development of the multiple complications. Objective: To determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its associated risk factors among the police personnel stationed at various Police Stations in District Gwalior. Material and Methods: A cross sectional Study was conducted at various police stations in district Gwalior. Requisite permission was taken from Superintendent of Police District Gwalior, along with in charge of all the police stations visited. Prior consent was taken from all the police personnel for the study. A total of 402 police personnel from rural and urban police stations of District Gwalior were included. Study was conducted from April 2017 to March 2019. Logistic regression analysis was used to describe the possible association between independent variables and the outcome variable as Diabetes Mellitus among the police personnel of district Gwalior. Results: Total 402 police personnel participated in the study, among them 200 were from rural and 202 from urban police stations. The overall cases of diabetes were 11.9%, among them 54.2% were diagnosed in the current study. The mean RBS level of the participants was 136.6 mg/dl. 13.4% of urban and 10.5% of rural counterparts was found to be diabetic. 207(51.1%) of the participants had BMI more than 25kg/mtr2. P value <0.05 was considered significant.
Conclusion: There is high prevalence of diabetes among police personnel. As the hierarchy and duration in service increases the prevalence of diabetes has also increased. Regular health monitoring with physical exercise can put positive impact on the health status among them.