Silvia Ortiz, Minn Yoon, Monica Gibson, Ida Kornerup, Mehdi S Zeinabadi, Hollis Lai
Children's Anxiety Levels and Their Perspectives on Dental Experiences in Students' Clinical Evaluation
International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry
within western queensland wq australia diabetes leading cause potentially preventable hospitalisations areas diabetes prevalence 20 address inequity access diabetesrelated services remote areas wq visiting credentialled diabetes educator program vcdep developed using flyin flyout model service delivery supporting telehealth services upskilling rural primary healthcare professionals occurred credentialled diabetes educator cde accessibility increased wq study objectively measured impact vcdep practice report data five representative vcdep practices five nonvcdep practices analysed using pearson chisquared tests ascertain associations reporting blood pressure bp hba1c estimated glomerular filtration rate egfr total cholesterol microalbumin body mass index bmi foot eye examinations well improvements bp hba1c egfr total cholesterol microalbumin bmi measures two set date points practices involved vcdep aggregated data indicated significant increases reporting hba1c p 0001 egfr p 0001 total cholesterol p 0022 foot assessments p 0015 contrast aggregated data practices involved vcdep identified significant decreases reporting bp eye examinations october 2019 march 2021 p 0034 p 0007 respectively decreases reporting hba1c egfr microalbumin bmi foot examinations also found although reach statistical significance concernedly across practices overall hba1c levels risen significant increase percentage people diabetes hba1c 53 mmolmol 7 86 mmolmol 10 march 2021 compared october 2019 p 0012 p 0001 respectively reporting key diabetes indicators greater among practices participating vcdep among practices involved vcdep investigation resource provision required address rising hba1c levels rural wq particular focus impacts health literacy social determinants health workforce challenges