Open AccessHow does the utilization of diabetes dietitian and educator service in Saudi Arabia affect glycemic outcomes?
Author(s) -
Saad Mohammed AlShareef,
Mujahed Alkhathlan,
Abdullah A. AlWabel,
Abdulkarim A Al-Bawardi,
Abdulrahman H Alqarni,
Ali S Almuryidi,
Ibrahim N Altuwaim,
Monther Khalid Alhabib,
Omar A Almuzaini,
Turki Alqahtani
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/jfcm.jfcm_126_17
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , glycemic , odds ratio , cross sectional study , endocrinology , pathology
Despite the acknowledgment that the services of diabetes educator and dietician affect outcome, the level of utilization of these services in the Saudi Arabian public health-care system is not known. The aims of the study were to establish the percentage of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) followed up by a diabetic educator and a dietician in a tertiary center in Saudi Arabia and associations between follow-up by a diabetic educator and a dietician and glycemic control.