Hussein, Shaimaa H Albatineh, Ahmed N Almajran, Abdullah Ziyab, Ali H
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Primary care diabetes
Poor health literacy (HL) has received much attention recently as a risk factor for poor health outcomes especially among patients with chronic diseases. The degree to which HL affects health outcomes is unknown among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Kuwait. This study aimed to investigate the association between HL and glycated hem...
Gray, Benjamin J Craddock, Christie Couzens, Zoe Bain, Evie Dunseath, Gareth J Shankar, Ananda Giri Luzio, Stephen D Perrett, Stephanie E
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Primary care diabetes
Although limited, global evidence suggests that the cardiometabolic health of those in prison is poorer than their community peers. Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a public health challenge and community rates are continuing to rise. Given that cardiometabolic risk factors are prevalent amongst younger individuals within the prison population, it is reas...
Beran, David Aebischer Perone, Sigiriya Castellsague Perolini, Montserrat Chappuis, François Chopard, Pierre Haller, Dagmar M Jacquerioz Bausch, Frédérique Maisonneuve, Hubert Perone, Nicolas Gastaldi, Giacomo
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Primary care diabetes
The current COVID-19 pandemic is a major concern for the diabetes community. A meta-analysis in China found that the proportions of people with COVID-19 and diabetes was 9.7% and that having diabetes resulted in a two-fold increased risk of having a severe case. Global guidance on confinement measures for the prevention of COVID-19 have a particula...
Pal, Rimesh Yadav, Urmila Verma, Anmol Bhadada, Sanjay K
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Primary care diabetes
To assess the awareness about COVID-19 and the problems being faced by young adults with T1DM amid nationwide lockdown in India. A cross-sectional telephone-based qualitative interview study was conducted in young adults (aged 18-30 years) with T1DM amid lockdown. Following verbal consent, participants were asked 8 open-ended questions, 5 on awaren...
Hagnäs, Maria Sundqvist, Henry Jokelainen, Jari Tumminia, Andrea Vinciguerra, Federica Loreto, Carla Frittitta, Lucia Russo, Giuseppina T Mikkola, Ilona
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Primary care diabetes
To estimate the prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Finnish primary healthcare, and to evaluate the screening for CKD and the proportions of patients receiving antihyperglycemic and cardiovascular preventive medication. T2D patients treated at the Rovaniemi Health Center, Finland during the years 201...
Del Pino-Sedeño, Tasmania González de León, Beatriz Pérez Martín, Elías Fernando Martín Gandolfo, Anna María Estupiñán Ramírez, Marcos Redondo, Maximino Ramallo-Fariña, Yolanda Trujillo-Martín, María M
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Primary care diabetes
To evaluate the relationship between glycemic control and plasma glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We conducted a population-based, retrospective, nested, case-control study involving 124,876 patients with DM2 from the Canary Islands, Spai...
Patra, Suravi Patro, Binod Kumar Mangaraj, Manaswini Sahoo, Soumya Swaroop
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Primary care diabetes
To screen for depression in diabetes and evaluate the contributing factors in a primary care setting in India. To evaluate the relationship of depression with perceived quality of life. We used convenience sampling method in this cross-sectional study. 388 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled over a period of one year. 5...
Youn, Hin Moi Lee, Doo Woong Park, Eun-Cheol
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Primary care diabetes
To investigate the uptake rate variance of fundus examination for diabetes-related complications among demographically and geographically diverse communities and examine determinants that influence this rate focusing on outpatient eye care clinic accessibility at community level. Data of 20,904 participants with diabetes from 228 communities in 201...
Orozco-Beltrán, Domingo Navarro-Pérez, Jorge Cebrián-Cuenca, Ana M Álvarez-Guisasola, Fernando Caride-Miana, Elena Mora, Gustavo Quesada, José A López-Pineda, Adriana Cardona-Llorens, Antonio F Redón, Josep
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Primary care diabetes
Glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is a reliable risk factor of cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients, but information about this relationship in elderly patients is scarce. The aim of this study is to analyze, the relationship between HbA1c levels and the risk of mayor adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with diabetes over 70 year...
Asgari, Samaneh Lotfaliany, Mojtaba Fahimfar, Noushin Hadaegh, Farzad Azizi, Fereidoun Khalili, Davood
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Primary care diabetes
The aim of this study is to assess the American Diabetes Association (ADA) risk score as a self-assessment screening tool for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Iran. In a national survey of risk factors for non-communicable diseases, we included 3458 Iranian adults. The discrimination and validity were assessed using the area under the curve (A...
