A Population-Based Analysis of Diabetes-Related Care Measures, Foot Complications, and Amputation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Deferred diabetic foot screening and delays in timely care of acute foot complications during the COVID-19 pandemic may have contributed to an increase in limb loss.

Objective

To evaluate the association of the COVID-19 pandemic with diabetes-related care measures, foot complications, and amputation.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study included all adult residents of Ontario, Canada, with diabetes and compared the rates of selected outcomes from January 1, 2020, to February 23, 2021, vs January 1, 2019, to February 23, 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

Comprehensive in-person diabetes care assessment, including foot examination; hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) measurement; emergency department visit or hospitalization for diabe

SUBMITTER: de Mestral C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8733837 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature