The Correlation between Diabetes Status and Hair Loss among Aged Women in Alor Setar Area Aung Thin Thin1,*, Shahnon Fatin Farhana Binti2 1Senior Lecturer, International Medical School, MSU 2BMS Student, International Medical School, MSU *Corresponding Author: Dr. Thin Thin Aung, Management & Science University (MSU) University Drive, Off Persiaran Olahraga, Section 13, 40100, Shah Alam, Selangor, Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, Phone: 01-23767078
Online published on 19 August, 2019. Abstract The aim of this study was to identify the diabetes among aged women in Alor Setar area and to compare association between diabetes and current hair loss condition. Across sectional study was conducted to study the prevalence between diabetes and hair loss among aged women around Alor Setar area. Primarily data was collected using interviewer-administered questionnare consisting of socio-demographic questions for part A-the aged of the women, employment status and diabetes status. Stress level for part B and the hair loss scale for part C. As a part of population based on cross sectional study, the hair status of 112 aged women range 50–60 years was assessed by answering questionare, 56 from them suffered with diabetes and another 56 of them non-diabetes. The aged women with yes diabetes status have a highest prevalence of excessive hair loss which is 93.6% compare to non-diabetes aged women with excessive hair loss is 6.4%. Based on the table aged women who are non-diabetes have high prevalence hair loss in moderate hair loss which is 69.7% compared to women with diabetes status and experiencing hair loss which is 30.3%. Besides, the prevalence of non-diabetic aged women with normal hair loss is high which is 93.8% compared to diabetic aged women who experiencing normal hair loss is 6.3%. The result from this table showed that the P value is 0.000. The P value is less than 0.01. So, the null hypothesis for fifth objective rejected. Thus, there is significant relationship between diabetes status and hair loss. The result supports the hypothesis that aged women with diabetic experiencing hair loss. Top Keywords Aged women, Diabetes, Hair loss. Top |