Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diabetes Care Among a North Carolina Patient Population | Zendy

Michael P. Bancks | Zendy; MengYun Lin | Zendy; Alain G. Bertoni | Zendy; Wendell M. Futrell | Zendy; Zhixiu Liu | Zendy; Brian Ostasiewski | Zendy; Brian J. Wells | Zendy; Amresh Hanchate | Zendy

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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Diabetes Care Among a North Carolina Patient Population

Author(s) -

Michael P. Bancks,

MengYun Lin,

Alain G. Bertoni,

Wendell M. Futrell,

Zhixiu Liu,

Brian Ostasiewski,

Brian J. Wells,

Amresh Hanchate

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

clinical diabetes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.931

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 1945-4953

pISSN - 0891-8929

DOI - 10.2337/cd21-0136

Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , diabetes mellitus , covid-19 , population , disease , health care , diabetic nephropathy , emergency medicine , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , environmental health , economic growth , economics , endocrinology

In this study, researchers reviewed electronic health record data to assess whether the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic was associated with disruptions in diabetes care processes of A1C testing, retinal screening, and nephropathy evaluation among patients receiving care with Wake Forest Baptist Health in North Carolina. Compared with the pre-pandemic period, they found an increase of 13–21 percentage points in the proportion of patients delaying diabetes care for each measure during the pandemic. Alarmingly, delays in A1C testing were greatest for individuals with the most severe disease and may portend an increase in diabetes complications.

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