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Guideline adherence and the factors associated with better care for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Lithuanian PHC: diabetes mellitus guideline adherence in Lithuania PHC / Raila Gediminas, Liseckienė Ida, Jarusevičienė Lina, Leonas Valius
Type of publication
Straipsnis kitoje duomenų bazėje / Article in other database (S4)
Title
Guideline adherence and the factors associated with better care for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Lithuanian PHC: diabetes mellitus guideline adherence in Lithuania PHC / Raila Gediminas, Liseckienė Ida, Jarusevičienė Lina, Leonas Valius
Date Issued
2019-10-15
Extent
p. 50-57.
Is part of
Open medicine journal. Sharjah : Bentham Open, 2019, vol. 6.
Version
Originalus / Original
Description
Research article. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Field of Science
Abstract
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic conditions, which requires appropriate management and care at PHC level, which is described in guidelines. However, guideline adherence at the international arena is insufficient and little is known about the reasons for guideline non-adherence. Objective: The aim of the survey was to analyse to what extent the Lithuanian family practitioners adhere to diabetes guidelines in order to compare to international data and to discover the factors associated with better diabetes care. Methods: The present study is a part of EUPRIMECARE Project, which sets out to develop a framework aiming at the analysis of PHC across Europe. The sample strategy was based on an unequal probability sampling design. An audit of 4 public and 6 private PHC medical records of the year 2011 was carried out in Kaunas region, clinical records of 382 diabetes type 2 patients were reviewed. Demography, diseases and diabetes performance indicators data were collected using a uniform template. Binary and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used in the investigation of the factors related to better diabetes guideline adherence. Results: Three guideline adherence levels were identified: high performance (performed in more than 90% cases) - BP measurement and HbA1c exam; good performance (performed in more than 50% cases) - ECG examination and serum creatinine check; insufficient performance (performed in less than 50% of cases) - annual endocrinologist consultation, eye fundus and foot examinations, LDL check and BMI calculation. [...].
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type::text::journal::journal article::research article
ISSN (of the container)
1874-2203
Other Identifier(s)
(LSMU ALMA)990000995600107106
Coverage Spatial
Jungtiniai Arabų Emyratai / United Arab Emirates (AE)
Language
Anglų / English (en)
Bibliographic Details
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