Keywords: diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, NCD-(Non Communicable Disease), blood cholesterol levels

 

Statement of the problem: A study to assess the risk of coronary artery disease among adults with diabetes mellitus at selected hospital, Thiruvallur.

 

 

I. Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease, which occurs when pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin, it produces. Diabetes mellitus is caused by the body’s ineffective use of insulin. Coronary artery disease is a condition which fatty substances build in the arteries and reduce the blood supply to the heart and usually associated with chronic diseases such as diabetes mellitus. Objectives of the study are to assess the risk of coronary artery disease among adults with diabetes mellitus and to associate the related demographic variables with the risk of coronary artery disease. Conceptual framework was constructed based on WHO modified Health Belief Model. Methodology: The quantitative non-experimental descriptive design was used at selected hospital Thiruvallur in NCD OPD among adults diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. In this study, purposive sampling technique was used to select 100 samples and assessment was made with the help of modified American Heart Association CAD questionnaires. The study results assessed the  risk of coronary artery disease out of 100 samples found  58% had very  high risk, 31% had potential risk and 11% had possible risk. There was no significant association between any of the   socio- demographic variables except education and mother tongue at p<0.05 level with risk of coronary artery disease.