Diabetes Complications and Hearing Loss

Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus; Hearing Loss; Diabetes Complications

• Registration Number: NCT06190938
• Lead Sponsor: Syrian Private University

Brief Summary

Observation study, shows the relation between diabetes, its neurological and optical complication and hearing loss, by asking participants questions about there age,BMI,job,the history of any cataract,diabetes retinopathy or heart attack,hypertension,swollen or tingling legs and take there consent to measure the hearing impairment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-23
• Primary Completion: 2022-11-12
• Study Completion: 2022-12-22
• Study First Submitted: 2023-10-20
• Status Verified: 2023-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-19
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-19
• Study First Posted: 2024-01-05
• Last Update Posted: 2024-01-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 87

Inclusion Criteria

• Diabetics who signed consent for the study.
• Diabetics who have filled out the form completely.
• Diabetics who have undergone a pure tone hearing screening test .

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with glandular disease causing hearing loss.
• Patients with traumatic ear injury.
• Patients who have recently had a middle or inner ear infection.
• History of acoustic neuroma.
• Patients are under active treatment with medications that have a toxic effect on the auditory cells.
• Patients with diabetic foot.
• The patient's occupation or residence is within a noisy environment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Demographic characteristics were classified into four groups: Gender, Financial status, Educational level, and Profession.	The study took 6 months to finish it with hard work, it was hard to reach our participants so it tooks 2 weeks from us for each participant to finish our survey	Gender was either male or female. Income was divided into three categories: Low Income (those who were unable to provide even the basics for themselves), Fair Income (basics and some additional expenses), and High Income. Professions were divided into four types: Retired, Housewife, Worker and Student. Educational degree was categorized as Lower than High School, High School, or Higher than High School. Hypertension was measured and considered higher than normal when exceeded 140/90 mmHg. Both height and weight were measured to calculate the BMI of each subject.; Weight was measured in kilograms. Height was measured in meters. BMI that scored less than 25, between 25-30, 30 or more was considered, underweight normal, and obese respectively.; "The number of patients diagnosed with diabetes who showed signs of hearing impairment at certain stages of their lives, and how this related to other neurological signs, is being investigated.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mohamad Zaid Ahmad Abdalla; 🇸🇾 Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic