Awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes in Bangladesh: evidence from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2017/18

Abstract Background The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in Bangladesh; however, the management of diabetes assessed by diabetes awareness, treatment, and control, remains poor. We aimed to estimate the age-standardised prevalence of awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes and its associated factors. Methods In this cross-sectional study, data from 1,174 Bangladeshi adults aged 18 years and older available from the most recent nationally representative Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2017-18 were analysed. Awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes were our outcomes of interest. Age-stadarised prevalence of awareness, treatment, and control were estimated using the direct standardisation. Multilevel mixed-effects Poisson regression models were used to identify factors associated with awareness, treatment, and control of diabetes. Results Among those with diabetes…