Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: As the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa become more developed, death from communicable diseases is decreasing, whilst a diagnosis of a non-communicable disease (NCD) such as diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is becoming more commonplace. This opinion survey at Asesewa Government Hospital (AGH), Eastern Ghana, aimed to assess knowledge of risk factors and complications of DM2, and attitudes towards DM2, in patients diagnosed with the disease.Met...

Objectives: Best practice tariff guidelines recommend that paediatric patients with diabetes should have a minimum of four MDT clinic appointments, and an additional eight contacts with the diabetes service per year. This audit compares performance in a DGH against these recommendations. It seeks to determine whether there is a correlation between amount of contact with the service and average HbA1c level.Methods: Analysis of a database recording contact...