Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Control Measures on Screening and Diagnoses of Type 2 Diabetes in British Columbia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In British Columbia (BC), Canada, COVID-19 and associated control measures impacted routine care for patients with diabetes. Some of these measures may have impacted timely screening and diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. We assessed the impact of control measures on screening and diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in BC.

Methods

We used data from the BC COVID-19 Cohort, which includes COVID-19 and healthcare administrative data on all residents of BC. We assessed and compared screening (≥40 yrs) and diagnosis (≥18 yrs) of diabetes among the adult population during the pandemic period (1 April 2020-31 December 2022), with 1 January 2016-31 March 2020 used as a historical reference period. We used interrupted time series with generalized additive models to evaluate the impa

SUBMITTER: Mahmood B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12026491 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature