ABSTRACT
Diabetes is a chronic disease that leads to high morbidity and mortality resulting from the complications that develop during its clinical course. Genitourinary complications being one of the complications of diabetes occur when the genital and urinary organs no longer function properly. This study aimed at determing risk factors of genitourinary complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study was carried out to determine risk factors to genitourinary complications amongst type 2 diabetics attending Imo state specialist hospital Umuguma, Imo state university teaching hospital Orlu and Avu primary health Centre for checkup. The main instrument for data collection was a self-reported questionnaire administered on all the 100 subjects. A statistical package for social science (SPSS, version 21) was used to analyze the collected data, inferential analysis were employed to explain the results of the study and the statistical association was ascertained with chi- square test. The results showed a significant statistical difference in the comparison of all the studied risk factors amongst the 50 cases and 50 control subjects except in the Age at diagnosis (P
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Gloria, I (2021). Risk Factors Predisposing Type 2 Diabetics to Genitourinary Complications in Select Health Facilities SELECTED HEALTH FACILITIES IN IMO STATE. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/risk-factors-predisposing-type-2-diabetics-to-genitourinary-complications-in-select-health-facilities-selected-health-facilities-in-imo-state
Gloria, Iheakor "Risk Factors Predisposing Type 2 Diabetics to Genitourinary Complications in Select Health Facilities SELECTED HEALTH FACILITIES IN IMO STATE" Afribary. Afribary, 25 Feb. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/risk-factors-predisposing-type-2-diabetics-to-genitourinary-complications-in-select-health-facilities-selected-health-facilities-in-imo-state. Accessed 03 Feb. 2023.
Gloria, Iheakor . "Risk Factors Predisposing Type 2 Diabetics to Genitourinary Complications in Select Health Facilities SELECTED HEALTH FACILITIES IN IMO STATE". Afribary, Afribary, 25 Feb. 2021. Web. 03 Feb. 2023. < https://afribary.com/works/risk-factors-predisposing-type-2-diabetics-to-genitourinary-complications-in-select-health-facilities-selected-health-facilities-in-imo-state >.
Gloria, Iheakor . "Risk Factors Predisposing Type 2 Diabetics to Genitourinary Complications in Select Health Facilities SELECTED HEALTH FACILITIES IN IMO STATE" Afribary (2021). Accessed February 03, 2023. https://afribary.com/works/risk-factors-predisposing-type-2-diabetics-to-genitourinary-complications-in-select-health-facilities-selected-health-facilities-in-imo-state
