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Diabetes care in public health facilities in India: a situational analysis using a mixed methods approach

BACKGROUND: Weak public health systems have been identified as major bottlenecks in providing good quality diabetic care in low- and middle-income countries. METHODOLOGY: The present study assessed diabetic care services at public health facilities across six districts in three states of India using...

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Autores principales: Tripathy, Jaya Prasad, Sagili, Karuna D, Kathirvel, Soundappan, Trivedi, Archana, Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina, Bera, Om Prakash, Reddy, Kiran Kumar, Satyanarayana, Srinath, Khanna, Ashwani, Chadha, Sarabjit S
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31410044
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S192336
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author Tripathy, Jaya Prasad
Sagili, Karuna D
Kathirvel, Soundappan
Trivedi, Archana
Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina
Bera, Om Prakash
Reddy, Kiran Kumar
Satyanarayana, Srinath
Khanna, Ashwani
Chadha, Sarabjit S
author_facet Tripathy, Jaya Prasad
Sagili, Karuna D
Kathirvel, Soundappan
Trivedi, Archana
Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina
Bera, Om Prakash
Reddy, Kiran Kumar
Satyanarayana, Srinath
Khanna, Ashwani
Chadha, Sarabjit S
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description BACKGROUND: Weak public health systems have been identified as major bottlenecks in providing good quality diabetic care in low- and middle-income countries. METHODOLOGY: The present study assessed diabetic care services at public health facilities across six districts in three states of India using a mixed methods approach. The study described diabetes care services available at public health facilities and identified challenges and solutions needed to tackle them. The quantitative component included assessment of availability of services and resources, whilst the qualitative component was comprised of semistructured interviews with health care providers and persons with diabetes to understand the pathway of care. RESULTS: A total of 30 health facilities were visited: five tertiary; eight secondary and 17 primary health facilities. Patient clinical records were not maintained at the facilities; the onus was on patients to keep their own clinical records. All had the facility for blood glucose measurement, but HbA1c estimation was available only at tertiary centers. None of the primary health centers in the three states provided HbA1c estimation, lipid examination, or foot care. Lifestyle modification support was available in only a few tertiary facilities. Antidiabetic drugs (biguanides and sulphonyl ureas) were available in most facilities, and given for 14 days. Insulin and statins were available only at secondary and tertiary care centers. Forty-two physicians were interviewed and poor follow-up, patient overload, and lack of specialized training were the major barriers that emerged from the interview responses. A total of 37 patients were interviewed. Patients had to visit tertiary facilities for drugs and routine follow-up, thereby congesting the facilities. There was no formal referral or follow-up mechanism to link patients to decentralized facilities. CONCLUSION: There is a wide gap between effective diabetes management practices and their implementation. There should be a greater role of secondary care facilities in follow-up investigations and screening for complications. A holistic diabetic care package with a robust recording and cohort monitoring system and adequate referral mechanism is needed.
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spelling pubmed-66504492019-08-13 Diabetes care in public health facilities in India: a situational analysis using a mixed methods approach Tripathy, Jaya Prasad Sagili, Karuna D Kathirvel, Soundappan Trivedi, Archana Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina Bera, Om Prakash Reddy, Kiran Kumar Satyanarayana, Srinath Khanna, Ashwani Chadha, Sarabjit S Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes Original Research BACKGROUND: Weak public health systems have been identified as major bottlenecks in providing good quality diabetic care in low- and middle-income countries. METHODOLOGY: The present study assessed diabetic care services at public health facilities across six districts in three states of India using a mixed methods approach. The study described diabetes care services available at public health facilities and identified challenges and solutions needed to tackle them. The quantitative component included assessment of availability of services and resources, whilst the qualitative component was comprised of semistructured interviews with health care providers and persons with diabetes to understand the pathway of care. RESULTS: A total of 30 health facilities were visited: five tertiary; eight secondary and 17 primary health facilities. Patient clinical records were not maintained at the facilities; the onus was on patients to keep their own clinical records. All had the facility for blood glucose measurement, but HbA1c estimation was available only at tertiary centers. None of the primary health centers in the three states provided HbA1c estimation, lipid examination, or foot care. Lifestyle modification support was available in only a few tertiary facilities. Antidiabetic drugs (biguanides and sulphonyl ureas) were available in most facilities, and given for 14 days. Insulin and statins were available only at secondary and tertiary care centers. Forty-two physicians were interviewed and poor follow-up, patient overload, and lack of specialized training were the major barriers that emerged from the interview responses. A total of 37 patients were interviewed. Patients had to visit tertiary facilities for drugs and routine follow-up, thereby congesting the facilities. There was no formal referral or follow-up mechanism to link patients to decentralized facilities. CONCLUSION: There is a wide gap between effective diabetes management practices and their implementation. There should be a greater role of secondary care facilities in follow-up investigations and screening for complications. A holistic diabetic care package with a robust recording and cohort monitoring system and adequate referral mechanism is needed. Dove 2019-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6650449/ /pubmed/31410044 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S192336 Text en © 2019 Tripathy et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Tripathy, Jaya Prasad
Sagili, Karuna D
Kathirvel, Soundappan
Trivedi, Archana
Nagaraja, Sharath Burugina
Bera, Om Prakash
Reddy, Kiran Kumar
Satyanarayana, Srinath
Khanna, Ashwani
Chadha, Sarabjit S
Diabetes care in public health facilities in India: a situational analysis using a mixed methods approach
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title_fullStr Diabetes care in public health facilities in India: a situational analysis using a mixed methods approach
title_full_unstemmed Diabetes care in public health facilities in India: a situational analysis using a mixed methods approach
title_short Diabetes care in public health facilities in India: a situational analysis using a mixed methods approach
title_sort diabetes care in public health facilities in india: a situational analysis using a mixed methods approach
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31410044
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S192336
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