HbA1c recording in patients following a first diagnosis of serious mental illness: the South London and Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre case register.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate factors associated with the recording of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) in people with first diagnoses of serious mental illness (SMI) in a large mental healthcare provider, and factors associated with HbA1c levels, when recorded. To our knowledge this is the first such investigation, although attention to dysglycaemia in SMI is an increasing priority in mental healthcare.

Design

The study was primarily descriptive in nature, seeking to ascertain the frequency of HbA1c recording in the mental healthcare sector for people following first SMI diagnosis.

Settings

A large mental healthcare provider, the South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust.

Participants

Using electronic mental health records data, we ascertained patients w

SUBMITTER: Bell N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10357777 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature