Diabetes Mellitus Diagnosis and Screening in Australian General Practice: A National Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To investigate the epidemiology of diabetes diagnosis and screening in Australian general practice.

Methods

Cross-sectional study using electronic health records of 1,522,622 patients aged 18+ years attending 544 Australian general practices (MedicineInsight database). The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes and diabetes screening was explored using all recorded diagnoses, laboratory results, and prescriptions between 2016 and 2018. Their relationship with patient sociodemographic and clinical characteristics was also investigated.

Results

Overall, 7.5% (95% CI 7.3, 7.8) of adults had diabetes diagnosis, 0.7% (95% CI 0.6, 0.7) prediabetes, and 0.3% (95% CI 0.3, 0.3) unrecorded diabetes/prediabetes (elevated glucose levels without a recorded diagnosis). Patients with

SUBMITTER: Zheng M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8968388 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature