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- Title
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diabetes Care Among a North Carolina Patient Population.
- Authors
Bancks, Michael P.; Lin, Meng-Yun; Bertoni, Alain; Futrell, Wendell M.; Liu, Zhixiu; Ostasiewski, Brian; Wells, Brian J.; Hanchate, Amresh
- Abstract
In this study, researchers reviewed electronic health record data to assess whether the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was associated with disruptions in diabetes care processes of A1C testing, retinal screening, and nephropathy evaluation among patients receiving care with Wake Forest Baptist Health in North Carolina. Compared with the pre-pandemic period, they found an increase of 13–21 percentage points in the proportion of patients delaying diabetes care for each measure during the pandemic. Alarmingly, delays in A1C testing were greatest for individuals with the most severe disease and may portend an increase in diabetes complications.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; DIABETES complications; GLYCOSYLATED hemoglobin; DELAYED diagnosis; HEALTH services accessibility; NOSOLOGY; MEDICAL screening; ACQUISITION of data; TYPE 1 diabetes; TREATMENT delay (Medicine); SEVERITY of illness index; RISK assessment; TYPE 2 diabetes; MEDICAL records; DIABETIC retinopathy; COVID-19 pandemic; DIABETIC nephropathies; TRANSPORTATION
- Publication
Clinical Diabetes, 2022, Vol 40, Issue 4, p467
- ISSN
0891-8929
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2337/cd21-0136