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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care for diabetes in Canada: Results from a mixed-methods study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Canada, most diabetes care is provided within primary care. Objective: To understand if the pandemic resulted in changes in care for patients with diabetes. 2) Qualitative interviews were conducted to understand patient experiences with navigating diabetes care during the pandemic and analyzed using qualitative description.

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Infant Mortality Needs Assessment for Fairborn, Ohio [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Data sources include the Hawthorn Landing survey, Greene County 2018 – 2020 birth data, 2020 and 2021 US Census Bureau, Ohio Infant Mortality Annual Report 2020, and the Greene County 2020 Health Assessment. Setting or Dataset The setting is Hawthorn Landing in Fairborn, OH.

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

4 Chronic Kidney Disease The FLOW trial randomized 3,534 patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes and started treating them with s.c. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely. semaglutide 1.0 mg or placebo in 2019.

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Racial and Disaggregated Ethnic Disparities of Blood Pressure Control in Community Health Centers [Hypertension]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population: Adults 18+ years old with ≥1 primary care ambulatory visit in the network from 2012-2020, with at least one high-risk condition (heart, vascular, or chronic kidney disease, or diabetes). Setting: 953 community-based primary care clinics in a national network from 25 states across the United States.

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Predictors of Poor Health Outcomes in Midlife and Older Adults with Diabetes in the 2018-2020 Health and Retirement Study [Multimorbidity]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Adults with diabetes have higher premature death rates, functional disability, and comorbidities than adults without diabetes. Diabetes co-occurs with other chronic conditions (CC), functional limitations (FL), and geriatric syndromes (GS). Population studied: Respondents with self-reported diabetes 50 years or older.

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Factors Associated with Accumulating Diabetes Complications in a Medicare Advantage Cohort to Inform a Prediction Tool [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Complications contribute to significant type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) morbidity. Population Studied: Adults aged 65 years and older with T2DM enrolled in a national Medicare Advantage plan Setting or Dataset: Enrollment and claims data (2016-2020) Measures: The dependent variable was DCSI.

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Why is sleep so important for your health?

Vida Family Medicine

Unsurprisingly, the states with the worst sleep habits mirror the states with the highest rates of diabetes and heart disease. This does not even account for those who sleep sufficient hours but have disrupted sleep architecture. This does not even account for those who sleep sufficient hours but have disrupted sleep architecture.