Are the U.S. territories lagging behind in diabetes care practices?

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Although U.S. territories fall within the mandate outlined by Healthy People 2020, they remain neglected in diabetes care research. We compared the prevalence and secular trends of four recommended diabetes care practices in the U.S. territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to the 50 United States and D.C. ("U.S. States") in 2001-2015.

Methods

Data were from 390,268 adult participants with self-reported physician diagnosed diabetes in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Diabetes care practices included biannual HbA1c tests, attendance of diabetes education classes, daily self-monitoring of blood glucose, and receipt of annual foot examination. Practices were compared by U.S. territory and between territories and U.S. states. Multivariabl

SUBMITTER: Ogilvie RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6143421 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature