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Type 2 diabetes. Patient practices, and satisfaction with GP care
M Kamien1, A Ward, F Mansfield
1Department of General Practice, University of Western Australia.
Objective:
To document patients' practices and management of DM2, their satisfaction with diabetes care and their quality of life and functional status.
Design:
Anonymous questionnaire completed by 467 patients recruited by 204 GPs in 124 practices in the Perth metropolitan area.
Results:
Patients reported an adequate amount of monitoring for stable DM2. However, they lacked awareness of diabetes risk factors and complications from which they already suffered. Some 90% of patients reported a high level of satisfaction with GP care and only 2.4% of patients had more than a moderate degree of functional disability.
Conclusion:
Patients have a high level of satisfaction about the diabetes care received from their general practitioner. However, they lack awareness of their risk factors and complications of diabetes. A simple strategy is proposed to improve these deficits and to share the responsibility for diabetes care between patient and doctor.