PMID- 19936419
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100218
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1658-3175 (Electronic)
IS  - 0379-5284 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 12
DP  - 2009 Dec
TI  - Current practice in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in 
      Saudi Arabia.
PG  - 1551-6
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To gather data on current practices in the management of patients with 
      type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Saudi Arabia and to evaluate the degree of 
      compliance with international guidelines. METHODS: This paper represents the 
      results of the Saudi Arabia T2DM data collected at the cross-sectional part of 
      Wave 2006 of the International Diabetes Management Practices Study (IDMPS). Data 
      were collected on a case report form from 28 health centers all over the Kingdom 
      of Saudi Arabia, in the period between 01/12/2006 and 30/12/2006. It included 
      demographic and socioeconomic profile in addition to diabetes management and 
      metabolic control. RESULTS: Three hundred and fifty-three Saudi T2DM diabetic 
      patients were studied. The mean age was 51.61+/-10.84 years; average duration of 
      diabetes was 8.25+/-6.49 years; 63-86% had never been screened for diabetes 
      complications or cardiovascular risk factors during the previous year. Of all 
      patients with T2DM, 7% were treated with insulin alone, 28% with oral glucose 
      lowering drug (OGLD) + insulin and 64% with OGLD alone. The average last 
      hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was 8.20+/-1.89% and among all patients, only 27% had 
      reached the target HbA1c of <7% while 42% of patients had been considered as 
      reached glycemic control by physicians. Sixteen percent attained the target blood 
      pressure of <130/80, and 65% had lipid profile above the optimal level. 
      CONCLUSION: The majority of patients did not attain the recommended target 
      glycemic level. This indicates the presence of a gap between recommendations of 
      the international guidelines and the actual practices.
FAU - Al-Elq, Abdulmohsen H
AU  - Al-Elq AH
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, 
      Dammam, and King Fahd University Hospital, PO Box 40145, Al-Khobar 31952, Kingdom 
      of Saudi Arabia. aalelq@yahoo.com
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Saudi Arabia
TA  - Saudi Med J
JT  - Saudi medical journal
JID - 7909441
RN  - 0 (Blood Glucose)
RN  - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A)
RN  - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents)
SB  - IM
CIN - Saudi Med J. 2010 Oct;31(10):1181; author reply 1181-3. PMID: 20953543
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Glucose/analysis
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*drug therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Saudi Arabia
EDAT- 2009/11/26 06:00
MHDA- 2010/02/19 06:00
CRDT- 2009/11/26 06:00
PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/02/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 0' [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Saudi Med J. 2009 Dec;30(12):1551-6.