Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes in Tasmania: prevalence and apparent regional differences

King, Hilary; Dixon, J. M. S.; Senator, G.B.; Schooneveldt, M; Zimmet, Paul

doi:10.1007/bf00395554

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“…At registration, subjects were interviewed by telephone to obtain demographic details and core diabetes data (such as dates of diagnosis and of starting insulin treatment, date of birth, weight and height at diagnosis). The level of case ascertainment for the Register was 94% in 1984 5 and 83.4% (95% confidence interval [ell, 82.6%-84.3%) in 1995.…”

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Management of insulin‐treated diabetes in Tasmania

McCarty¹,

Greenaway²,

Kamp³

et al. 1999

Medical Journal of Australia

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Objective To evaluate patterns of self‐management, healthcare utilisation and screening for major complications among Tasmanians with insulin‐treated diabetes. Main outcome measures Frequency of self‐monitoring of blood glucose, health care utilisation and screening for diabetic complications. Design and setting A questionnaire survey of 1517 people listed on the Tasmanian Diabetes Register in 1995‐1997. Results Response rate was 79.5%. Self‐monitoring of blood glucose was reported by 98% of respondents, daily self‐monitoring by 74%. About 41% of respondents were being managed jointly by GPs and diabetes specialists, 29% solely by GPs and 25% solely by diabetes specialists. Over 96% visited the doctor treating their diabetes more than once a year, but 21% reported they had never visited a diabetes educator and 43% reported they had never visited a dietitian. Most respondents aged & 25 years (90%) reported having an eye examination within the past two years, almost all by an eye specialist. Blood pressure was commonly assessed, but most adults indicated that the doctor treating their diabetes did not routinely examine their feet. Nearly 19% of respondents smoked cigarettes. Conclusions Some aspects of diabetes self‐care and medical care have improved in Tasmania since the 1984 survey (eg, frequency of self‐monitoring of blood glucose rose from 50% to 98%). However, our findings suggest that further improvements are needed to increase daily self‐monitoring of blood glucose, attendance at diabetes educator and dietitian services, and foot examinations by doctors. Additional efforts are also needed to lower the prevalence of smoking.

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Management of insulin‐treated diabetes in Tasmania

McCarty¹,

Greenaway²,

Kamp³

et al. 1999

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…Even within the city of Glasgow the incidence in each city ward was inversely related to the average number of people per room (Ref 12). In Norway, however, the incidence is highest in the more highly-populated southern part of the country (Ref 13) and in Tasmania a higher prevalence of the disease was found in the urban, as opposed to the rural sector of the community (Ref 14). Discrepancies such as…”

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confidence: 99%