Time to first optimal glycaemic control and associated factors among adult patients with diabetes at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the time to first optimal glycaemic control and its predictors among adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, northwest, Ethiopia.

Participants

We recruited 423 adult diabetic patients who were diagnosed between 1 January 2018 and 30 December 2022 at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.

Outcome measures

The primary outcome was the time from diagnosis to the achievement of the first optimal glycaemic control, measured in months. A Cox proportional hazards regression model was fitted to identify predictors of time to first optimal g

SUBMITTER: Getahun AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12496110 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature