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. 2009;159(5-6):126-33.
doi: 10.1007/s10354-009-0659-7.

[Health status of type 2 diabetics in Austria - perspective of a quality improvement initiative]

[Article in German]
Ivo Rakovac  1 , Johannes Plank, Klaus Jeitler, Peter Beck, Sabine Seereiner, Peter Mrak, Bernd Bauer, Thomas R Pieber
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[Health status of type 2 diabetics in Austria - perspective of a quality improvement initiative]

[Article in German]
Ivo Rakovac et al. Wien Med Wochenschr. 2009.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of late complications in a large clinical sample of type 2 diabetic patients in Austria.

Methods: Data of all patients with type 2 diabetes entered into the database of the Forum for Quality Systems in Diabetes Care Austria (FQSD-A) between 1 January 1997 and 1 September 2007 were used for the analyses.

Results: Data from 23,641 persons with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus were collected. Patients were 66.3 +/- 11.5 years old, with an average diabetes duration of 8.0 +/- 8.5 years. Prevalence of blindness, amputation, myocardial infarction or bypass, stroke and end stage renal failure was 0.9%, 2.3%, 12.2%, 8.7% and 0.8%, respectively.

Conclusions: Prevalence of late diabetic complications in Austria is high compared with other European countries. The management of persons with Type 2 Diabetes should be further optimized to reduce the incidence of late complications of diabetes.

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