By Dr. Wedad Bardisi ABFM. & ABFM Chief editor of the National Saudi Diabetic Guidelines For Primary care

1. Quick Reference For
The National Saudi Diabetic Guidelines
For Primary care
Dr. Wedad Bardisi
ABFM. & ABFM
Chief editor of the National Saudi Diabetic Guidelines For Primary care

2. Introduction
• The Challenge of Diabetes:
• Diabetes mellitus is a serious condition with potentially
devastating complications that affects all age groups
worldwide
• There is a huge increase in number of diabetics by 2030.
• Saudi Arabia the sixth of the Top Ten.
Reference: IDF Diabetes Atlas: Global estimates of the prevalence of diabetes for 2011 and 2030

3. Saudi Studies
• The different national studies for the epidemiology of diabetes mellitus
type 2, found that the incidence increased annually.
• A study at (Riyadh- 2011), found that, the overall crude prevalence of
DMT2 was 23.1%.
• Another study at (Jeddah-2011) estimated the prevalence diabetes was
34.1% in males and 27.6% in females
Reference: Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in a Saudi community 2011 Khalid A. Alqurashi

4. The Cost of diabetes
• Diabetes and its complications increase costs and service pressures on Ministry of Health.
• A study Economic costs of diabetes in Saudi Arabia (2013) found that People diagnosed
with diabetes, on average, have medical healthcare expenditures that are ten times higher
($3,686 vs. $380) than what expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes.
• The impact of diabetes is significant not only for individuals but also for their families and
for society as a whole
Reference: Economic costs of diabetes in Saudi Arabia Abdulkarim K. Alhowaish. Family Community Med. 2013

5. • The Saudi population can be regarded as a moderate risk population for diabetes
mellitus.
• The present management is unsatisfactory since those who are controlled
(HbA1C <7%) are only 20% of diabetic patients.
• It is suggested that steps must be taken to improve awareness of the disease and
to take measures to improve diabetes care
Reference: Economic costs of diabetes in Saudi Arabia Abdulkarim K. Alhowaish. Family Community Med. 2013