title: Audit of diabetes mellitus in general practice.
abstract: An audit on diabetic management was done in seven Perak general practice (GP) clinics in December 2001. The results showed inadequacies in nine out of eleven criteria assessed. Remedial measures were implemented. A second audit in March 2003, at the completion of the audit cycle, showed improvements in all the criteria used. All clinics established a diabetic register compared to 28.6% in the first audit and 57.1% of the clinics set up a reminder mechanism compared to 0% in the first audit. In the process of care, recording of weight, height, blood pressure; feet examination, fundoscopy, blood sugar monitoring and urine for albumin improved at the end of the audit cycle. In the only outcome criteria, the blood sugar control improved from 21.8% to 31.3%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Perak College of Medicine, No. 3, Jalan Greentown, 30450 Ipoh, Perak.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Chua
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Harbinder
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Khoo
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ow Yeang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sethuraman
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Teoh
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia; D008485:Medical Audit; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose