Cohort monitoring of persons with diabetes mellitus in a primary healthcare clinic for Palestine refugees in Jordan
Objective To illustrate the method of cohort reporting of persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) in a primary healthcare clinic in Amman, Jordan, serving Palestine refugees with the aim of improving quality of DM care services. Method A descriptive study using quarterly and cumulative case findings,...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Tropical medicine & international health 2012-12, Vol.17 (12), p.1569-1576 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Objective To illustrate the method of cohort reporting of persons with diabetes mellitus (DM) in a primary healthcare clinic in Amman, Jordan, serving Palestine refugees with the aim of improving quality of DM care services.
Method A descriptive study using quarterly and cumulative case findings, as well as cumulative and 12‐month analyses of cohort outcomes collected through E‐Health in UNRWA Nuzha Primary Health Care Clinic.
Results There were 55 newly registered patients with DM in quarter 1, 2012, and a total of 2851 patients with DM ever registered on E‐Health because this was established in 2009. By 31 March 2012, 70% of 2851 patients were alive in care, 18% had failed to present to a healthcare worker in the last 3 months and the remainder had died, transferred out or were lost to follow‐up. Cumulative and 12‐month cohort outcome analysis indicated deficiencies in several components of clinical care: measurement of blood pressure, annual assessments for foot care and blood tests for glucose, cholesterol and renal function. 10–20% of patients with DM in the different cohorts had serious late complications such as blindness, stroke, cardiovascular disease and amputations.
Conclusion Cohort analysis provides data about incidence and prevalence of DM at the clinic level, clinical management performance and prevalence of serious morbidity. It needs to be more widely applied for the monitoring and management of non‐communicable chronic diseases.
Objectif: Illustrer la méthode de report dans une cohorte de personnes atteintes de diabète sucré (DS) dans une clinique de soins de santé primaires à Amman, en Jordanie, au service des réfugiés de Palestine dans le but d’améliorer la qualité des services de soins pour le DS.
Méthode: Une étude descriptive utilisant des résultats trimestriels et cumulatifs des recherches de cas, ainsi que des résultats d’analyses cumulatives et de 12 mois de cohorte, enregistrés sur E‐Health dans la Clinique des soins de santé primaires de l’UNRWA à Nuzha.
Résultats: Il y avait 55 patients atteints de DS nouvellement inscrits au 1er trimestre 2012 et un total de 2.851 patients atteints de DS enregistrés sur E‐Health depuis son établissement en 2010. Au 31 mars 2012, 70% des 2851 patients étaient en vie et pris en charge, 18% avaient omis de se présenter à un agent de santé au cours des 3 derniers mois et le reste était décédés, transférés ou perdus au suivi. L’analyse des résultats cumulatifs et de 12 mois de la cohorte a i |
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ISSN: | 1360-2276 1365-3156 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03097.x |