Frequency of chronic complications of type 2 diabetes in the patients candidate for insulin therapy because of lack of control of plasma glucose with oral drugs

Diabetes is a chronic and worldwide common disease. This disease has many physical chronic complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate chronic complications of type 2 diabetes in the patients hospitalized in Shohada Ashayer hospital because of lack of control of plasma glucose with oral drugs. This retrospective cross sectional study was carried out on the patients hospitalized because of lack of control of plasma glucose by oral drugs in 2009-2010. The required data were gathered using a questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by SPSS software and chi-square and Fisher''s exact test. P value <0. 05 was statistically regarded significant. Studied subjects were 299 patients، of them 177 were female. The mean age of the patients was 58. 6±14. 7 years. Cardiovascular diseases (41. 5%) and retinopathy (37. 4%) were the most frequent complications. There was a significant relation between retinopathy and nephropathy، and the duration of the disease. Considering the high prevalence of cardiovascular complications in the patients and the lack of a routine method for evaluation of these complications in the diabetic patients، designing a plan for periodic evaluation of these patients is suggested.