Item #10
Diabetes
Preventive Measures Improving,
But Still Not Good Enough
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, non-Hispanic
whites and people without health insurance also realized statistically
significant gains in the age-adjusted 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, non-Hispanic 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.”
U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality
Nov. 2002
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