Glycaemic control and associated factors among patients with diabetes at public health clinics in Johor, Malaysia

Organisational and individual characteristics associated with glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes: cross-sectional study in China

“…13 Given the progressive feature of diabetes, it is not surprising that poor glycaemic control is significantly associated with longer duration of diabetes 35 ; thus, tight glycaemic control should begin when diabetes is initially diagnosed. 30 Similar with other studies, patients treated with insulin were found to have poorer glycaemic control, because they might have more complications that required aggressive treatment for glycaemic control. 32 33 Patients with diabetes might have multiple reasons for poor glycaemic control.…”

“…The findings implied that more efforts should be made to promote glycaemic control from the perspective of public health. 30 Variations in individual and organisational characteristics raised important implications for the tailored ways of improving glycaemic control. 31 Attempts to reach glycaemic control targets required joint efforts from both patients with diabetes and care providers.…”

“…This finding was similar to the prevalence of poor glycaemic control (59%) in Malaysia. 30 Comparatively, the prevalence of patients with diabetes with good glycaemic control in the Gulf area countries ranged from 21% to 41%. 13 32 Furthermore, higher prevalence of patients with diabetes with poor glycaemic control was reported in African countries such as Uganda (79%), Botswana (82%), Nigeria (62%) and Congo (68%), but the prevalence of good glycaemic control was estimated to be 52.5% in USA and 49.1% in Korea.…”

“…Consistent with previous studies, older patients with diabetes tended to achieve better glycaemic control than younger ones. 13 35 The reason may be that older patients are more concerned about their disease worsening, 30 while younger patients are less concerned about their diet. 13 Given the progressive feature of diabetes, it is not surprising that poor glycaemic control is significantly associated with longer duration of diabetes 35 ; thus, tight glycaemic control should begin when diabetes is initially diagnosed.…”

Levels and Barriers of Glycemic Control and Self-Management Among Diabetic Patients in Primary Health Care in Jeddah: A Cross-Sectional Study.

“…Aljabri reported that only 9.5% of patients with type I diabetes in Jeddah achieved glycemic control (19), while another study found that10.5% of participants achieved glycemic control (13). Worldwide, comparable findings have been reported in both developed and developing countries, with up to38.7% of patients achieving optimal glycemic control, with some variation between different populations and settings (22,24,26,(42)(43)(44)(45)(46). Consistent with our findings, a range of demographic and clinical factors affect glycemic control, with varying levels of significance.…”