- Title
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus management : a retrospective study in rural general practice
- Creator
- Wyett, Ruby; Peck, Blake; Terry, Daniel
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/172903
- Identifier
- vital:14620
- Identifier
- http://www.hrpub.org/download/20190630/ADM1-17113244.pdf
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.13189/adm.2019.070101
- Identifier
- ISBN:
- Abstract
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic, progressive metabolic disease that is an international epidemic. General Practitioners (GPs) are the cornerstones of T2DM management. The aim of this study was to determine the scope of care and management of patients with T2DM within General Practice, while highlighting domains of success and areas where improvement can be made. Demographic and laboratory cross sectional data were collected by examining electronic patient records at one rural General Practice to address the aims of the study. Data included key management parameters of Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR), microalbuminuria, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, in addition to age, sex, and residential postcode. Further, data regarding the use of insulin, antihypertensive medications and lipid-lowering medications were collected and analyzed. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used and significance was determined at p
- Publisher
- Horizon Research
- Relation
- Advances in Diabetes and Metabolism Vol. 7, no. 1 (), p. 1-7
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright©2019 by authors, all rights reserved. Authors agree that this article remains permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1103 Clinical Sciences; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; Diabetes Complications; Family Practice; General Practice; Life Style; Rural Health
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