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| Year : 1999 | Volume
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Audit of diabetic care in a Saudi primary care setting
Abdallah M Mangoud, Ahmed M Mandil, Ahmed A Bahnassy, Abdulaziz M Al-Sebiany, Nabil Y Kurashi
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Abdallah M Mangoud
P.O. Box 40107, Al-Khobar 31952
Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
PMID: 23008605 
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Objective: To audit the care offered to diabetic patients attending the Family and Community Medicine Clinic (FAMCO), King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
Design: A cross-sectional study of medical records of 45 diabetic patients who regularly visited the clinic during a one-year period from June 1997 to May 1998.
Subjects: Patients who presented at the clinic because of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type II).
Results and Conclusions: The level of care for diabetic patients was relatively inappropriate, and some important parameters were under-recorded. Specific measures to improve and promote diabetic care in FAMCO clinics need to be undertaken. These include formulating and using protocols for diabetes management and better training of health-care providers. |
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