IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND COOKING OIL AMONGST DIABETES WITH
COEXISTING HYPERTENSION PATIENTS ON ECONOMIC COST AND LENGTH OF STAY: A
1914 PATIENTS OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Abstract
Background: Diabetes mellitus with coexisting hypertension contributes
to increased morbidity and mortality. The study aimed to investigate the
impact of the patients’ physical activity status and the type of cooking
oil consumed by patients in their daily routine on glycemic profile,
lipid profile, the hypertensive profile of the patients, and the length
of stay, and overall cost of the treatment. Methods: A prospective
observational study. All the patients referred to the medicine
department of the three different hospitals located in Moga, City Punjab
and those hospitalized due to diabetes mellitus (type-I and type-II)
with coexisting hypertension were asked to participate in the study.
Results: The patients’ mean age was found to be M= 53.85, SD= 11.54
years. Out of 1914 patients, 914 were male (47.8%); it was observed
that the majority of the patients 525 (27.43%) in North India using
butter or ghee- clarified butter as edible oil, followed by mustard oil
517 (27.01%) patients. About 345 (18.03%) of the patients consume
soybean oil, whereas 226 (11.81%) of the patients like sunflower oil.
Discussion: This study explored that cooking oil and physical activity
are associated with length of stay in days & overall cost of the
treatment, respectively. Our study results revealed that the type of oil
compared with the treatment’s overall cost was significant for olive
oil, soybean oil, and groundnut oil. Conclusion: The study revealed that
moderate and low physical activity increases the length of stay compared
to high physical activity. The consumption of olive oil as a regular
food habit in daily routine decreases patients’ length of stay with
diabetes with coexisting hypertension when doing the high physical
activity but increases the overall cost of treatment.