A CROSS- SECTIONAL STUDY ON ASSESSMENT OF DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY BY USING 10G SEMMES WEINSTEIN MONOFILAMENT IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Background: According to the International Diabetes Federation, 415 million people have diabetes and half of the population is unaware of its complications, one of the major complications is Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy which result in morbidity and mortality in patients.50% of the causes are asymptomatic in patients with DPN, leading to economic burden which slowly progress to loss of protective sensation and finally leading to amputation.Objective: 1.To assess Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy [DPN] by using 10g Semmes Weinstein monofilament [SWME].2.To determine the association between socio-demographic data and Loss of Protective Sensation [LOPS] in left and right foot.Result: Out of 300 samples in our study, we compared the age, gender, BMI and frequency of check-up with LOPS of left leg and right leg.There is a significant association with male[gender] [P value=0.024]and frequency of check-up [rarely] [P value=0.049].Age, BMI have no significance towards LOPS of left leg.We also found that here is no significant correlation between age, gender, BMI and frequency of check-up towards LOPS of right leg.There is a