Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Nepal: a systematic review and meta-analysis from 2000 to 2014

Bishal Gyawali; Rajan Sharma; Dinesh Neupane; Shiva Raj Mishra; Edwin van Teijlingen; Per Kallestrup

doi:10.3402/gha.v8.29088

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Nepal: a systematic review and meta-analysis from 2000 to 2014

Bishal Gyawali^*, Rajan Sharma, Dinesh Neupane, Shiva Raj Mishra, Edwin van Teijlingen, Per Kallestrup

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Background: Understanding the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Nepal can help in planning for health services and recognising risk factors. This review aims to systematically identify and collate studies describing the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, to summarise the findings, and to explore selected factors that may influence prevalence estimates.

Design: This systematic review was conducted in adherence to the MOOSE Guidelines for Meta-Analysis and Systematic Reviews of Observational Studies. Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLINE) database from 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2014 was searched for the prevalence of type 2 diabetes among Nepalese populations with a combination of search terms. We exploded the search terms to include all possible synonyms and spellings obtained in the search strategy. Additionally, we performed a manual search for other articles and references of published articles.

Results: We found 65 articles; 10 studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria and were included in the analyses. These 10 studies comprised a total of 30,218 subjects. The sample size ranged from 489 to 14,009. All the studies used participants older than age 15, of whom 41.5% were male and 58.5% female. All the studies were cross-sectional and two were hospital-based. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes ranged from a minimum of 1.4% to a maximum of 19.0% and pooled prevalence of type 2 diabetes was 8.4% (95% CI: 6.2-10.5%). Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in urban and rural populations was 8.1% (95% CI: 7.3-8.9%) and 1.0% (95% CI: 0.7-1.3%), respectively.

Conclusions: This is, to our knowledge, the first study to systematically evaluate the literature of prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Nepal. Results showed that type 2 diabetes is currently a high-burden disease in Nepal, suggesting a possible area to deliberately expand preventive interventions as well as efforts to control the disease.

Original language	English
Article number	29088
Number of pages	10
Journal	Global Health Action
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v8.29088
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Epidemiology
Prevalence
South Asia
Systematic review
Type 2 diabetes

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