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Rakovac, I; Plank, J; Jeitler, K; Beck, P; Seereiner, S; Mrak, P; Bauer, B; Pieber, TR.
Health status of type 2 diabetics in Austria - perspective of a quality improvement initiative
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2009; 159(5-6): 126-133.
Doi: 10.1007/s10354-009-0659-7
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- Jeitler Klaus
- Pieber Thomas
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- OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of late complications in a large clinical sample of type 2 diabetic patients in Austria. METHODS: Data of all patients with type 2 diabetes entered into the database of the Forum for Quality Systems in Diabetes Care Austria (FQSD-A) between 1 January 1997 and 1 September 2007 were used for the analyses. RESULTS: Data from 23,641 persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus were collected. Patients were 66.3 +/- 11.5 years old, with an average diabetes duration of 8.0 +/- 8.5 years. Prevalence of blindness, amputation, myocardial infarction or bypass, stroke and end stage renal failure was 0.9%, 2.3%, 12.2%, 8.7% and 0.8%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Prevalence of late diabetic complications in Austria is high compared with other European countries. The management of persons with Type 2 Diabetes should be further optimized to reduce the incidence of late complications of diabetes.
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- Diabetes Complications - epidemiology Diabetes Complications - therapy
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy
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