Treatment outcomes in a cohort of Palestine refugees with diabetes mellitus followed through use of E‐Health over 3 years in Jordan

Objective The aim of this study was to use E‐Health to report on 12‐month, 24‐month and 36‐month outcomes and late‐stage complications of a cohort of Palestine refugees with diabetes mellitus (DM) registered in the second quarter of 2010 in a primary healthcare clinic in Amman, Jordan. Method Retrospective cohort study with treatment outcomes censored at 12‐month time points using E‐Health in UNRWA's Nuzha Primary Health Care Clinic. Results Of 119 newly registered DM patients, 61% were female, 90% were aged ≥40 years, 92% had type 2 DM with 73% of those having hypertension and one‐third of patients were newly diagnosed. In the first 3 years of follow‐up, the proportion of clinic attendees decreased from 72% to 64% and then to 61%; the proportion lost to‐follow‐up increased from 9% to 19% and then to 29%. At the three time points of follow‐up, 71–78% had blood glucose ≤180 mg/dl; 63–74% had cholesterol