Diabetes control and visits to the family doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic : a multicenter study in primary care

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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether in patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2) the changes in their relationship with family doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person (iPC) and telematic (TC) consultations, were associated with control of their disease.

DESIGN: Multicentric study of retrospective follow-up.

SETTING: Seven health centers in Tenerife, Spain.

PARTICIPANTS: 3543 patients with DM2.

MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Sex, age, iPC, TC and DM2 control using glycosylated hemoglobin (A1c) during the period 2019-2021. Logistic regression models were fitted with DM2 control as an effect, and with the other measurements as independent variables.

RESULTS: 50% were women. 38% were less than 65 years old. A1c was measured in 84% of patients in 2019, 68% in 2020, and 77% in 2021. 58.4% had good control in 2019, 46.1% in 2020, and 50.3% in 2021. Median iPC were 7 in 2019, 4 in 2020 and 5 in 2021 (p<0.001). The OR(95%CI) of good control in 2019 were 1.04(1.04-1.05) per year of age and 1.03(1.01-1.04) for each iPC; In 2020 they were 1.04 (1.03-1.05) per year of age, 1.05 (1.04-1.07) for each iPC and 1.04 (1.02-1.07) for each TC; in 2021 they were 1.04 (1.04-1.05) per year of age, 1.05 (1.03-1.06) for each iPC and 1.02 (1.00-1.04) for each TC.

CONCLUSIONS: The control of patients with DM2 during the period 2019-2021 had a direct relationship with the change in the frequency of consultations at the health center, with differences depending on the type of consultation and the age of the patient.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Atencion primaria - 56(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 102815

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Control de diabetes y consultas al médico de familia durante la pandemia de COVID-19: estudio multicéntrico en atención primaria

Beteiligte Personen:

Cuevas Fernández, Francisco Javier [VerfasserIn]
Delgado Estévez, Juan Luis [VerfasserIn]
Hernández Lorenzo, Marcel [VerfasserIn]
Segovia Martínez, Cristóbal Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Cabrera León, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Aguirre-Jaime, Armando [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
COVID19
Consultas presenciales
Consultas telemáticas
Diabetes tipo 2
English Abstract
Frecuentación de consultas
Frequent consultations
Glycated Hemoglobin
In-person consultation
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Telematic consultation
Type 2 diabetes

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.aprim.2023.102815

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NLM365341606