ABSTRACT
To determine the prevalence of controlled diabetes in registered diabetic patients with Hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c] = 7 or Fasting blood Sugar = 130 mg/dl in three primary Health Care Centers of Al- Ameer Ahmad Sector of Makkah. This study was a descriptive study [cross sectional] started from 20 June 2012 to 30 September 2012. The Primary Health Care Centers randomly selected were AL-Zahir, Al-Hindavia and Kudai Al- Hijra. The sample size calculated was 320 patients with confidence level of 95% and confidence interval of 5. The cut of values adjusted for all diabetes mellitus patients was, haemogloblin A1c [HBA1c] = 7 or fasting blood sugar [FBS] = 130 mg/dl .Hypertension values were set as 140 /90 mm of Hg. Overall the age range was 25 - 87 [62] years and a mean of +/- SD of 58.66 +/- 11.97. Out of 320 diabetic patients selected [152 only diabetes + 168 patients of diabetes with hypertension] 21.25% have disease under control. Most effected age range of uncontrolled diabetes was 45-74 years. HbA1c test for study year was not done in 83.43% cases. The age and Gender difference in two groups were not significant, however the results of controlled and non-controlled diabetic patients in three Primary Health Care Centers was significant [P <0.05]. Diabetes Control programme at the level of Primary Health Centers showed a very low level of success in study groups. There is a need to reconsider the control strategy