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Evaluation of the Diabetes Regional Coordination Path using the Diabetes Coordination Notebook in community-based
Yukio Horikawa1, Akio Suzuki2, Ken-Ichi Hashimoto1
11Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194 Japan.
Aims:
A number of epidemiologic surveys have demonstrated that improving lifestyle habits, providing patient education, and regular screening of patients for early diabetic symptoms and complications through multidisciplinary collaboration are crucial for the management of diabetes.
Methods:
To evaluate the Diabetes Coordination Notebook and the Diabetes Regional Coordination Path in management of diabetes, 217 community pharmacies conducted a survey by questionnaire in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Results:
A reply to the questionnaire was obtained from 27,016 individuals, of whom 5,572 claimed to have diabetes or prediabetes. The rate of usage of the Diabetes Coordination Notebook and the Diabetes Regional Coordination Path was 40% and 7%, respectively. Interestingly, patients using the Diabetes Regional Coordination Path more frequently visited an ophthalmic clinic (p < 0.001) and a dental clinic (p < 0.05) than those not using it. Furthermore, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that use of the Diabetes Regional Coordination Path was the only factor associated with control of HbA1c < 7.0% (OR: 0.613, 95% CI: 0.395-0.951, p = 0.029).
Conclusions:
The usage of the Diabetes Regional Coordination Path together with the Diabetes Coordination Notebook is associated not only with regular visits to both an ophthalmic clinic and a dental clinic but also with the maintenance of appropriate HbA1c.
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