Quality of diabetes care in a university health center in Lebanon

Abstract

There is a need for interventions to improve management and documentation in diabetes care in order to achieve early detection and prevention of complications. Developing a protocol for the clinic based on standard guidelines, and the use of flow sheets may be helpful in improving these intermediate indicators of quality of care.

Risk Factors of Renal Calculi

“…Diabetic and Hypertension were the other risk factors closely associated with renal calculi in the study population. In Saudi Arabia, the prevalence of diabetes is estimated to be 25% and the incidence 45% [20]. Similar high prevalence rates have been reported from a number of Arab countries.…”

Quality of care for type 2 diabetes mellitus in Tripoli Medical Center: a retrospective study of 628 patients

“…570 (90.8%) of our patients had their BP documented, this rate is comparable to other studies, where more than 85% of patients attending the diabetic clinic had their blood pressure checked regularly [22,23,30,39].…”

“…Our findings regarding glycemic control are comparable with those of studies in other Arab countries, 26.4% patients achieved HbA 1c < 6.5% and 41.8% ones achieved HbA 1c < 7.5%. In a study from a university health center in Lebanon, target goal for HbA 1c of < 7% was met in 28.4% individuals [30]. In a study from Saudi Arabia tertiary care hospital in Riyadh only 21.8% patients achieved HBA 1c < 7% [31].…”

“…29.0% patients achieved both systolic and diastolic blood pressure targets of < 130/80 mm Hg. In a study from Lebanon systolic and diastolic blood pressure goals of 135/85 mm Hg were met in 55.4%, 65.7%, of their studied patients [30]. In a study from a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia, involving 1188 diabetic patients the overall, systolic and diastolic blood pressure goals of < 130/80 were achieved in 39.0, 47.6 and 74.6% of diabetic patients respectively [31].…”

Predictors of Good Glycemic Control Among Type Ii Diabetes Patients in Palestine

“…The study instruments have been previously used by other studies [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”