posted 01/15/03
According to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Although more people with diabetes
are taking measures to prevent or delay diabetes-related complications, the
number still falls short of recommended national health objectives, according to
a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Findings based on telephone interviews of adults with diabetes in 1995 and in
2001 show that the rates of all preventive care practices especially eye exams
for diabetic retinopathy and self-monitoring of blood glucose increased during
that period.
People
ages 65 to 74 had the greatest increase in eye exams. Men, nonHispanic whites
and people without health insurance also realized statistically significant
gains in the ageadjusted rates for these exams.
Although the rate of
self-monitored blood-glucose testing was lowest in the older age groups in both
1995 and 2001, people of all age groups reported substantially more testing. The
age adjusted rate rose significantly among both genders, non-Hispanic whites,
Hispanics, people with at least a high school education, and those with and
without health insurance.
Rates
of annual foot exams increased significantly among people ages 45 to 74 and
among men, nonHispanic whites, non-Hispanic blacks and people with health
insurance.
According to the report,
however, "use of preventive-care practices ... among people with diabetes in
2001 was less than recommended, and improvement is
Needed in all areas of diabetes
care.”
Source: Diabetes In Control Dot Com: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Nov. 2002.
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