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Table 3 Adequacy of glycaemic management in diabetic patients on follow-up at JUSH, November 2009

From: Assessment of quality of care given to diabetic patients at Jimma University Specialized Hospital diabetes follow-up clinic, Jimma, Ethiopia

 

FBS

 

Treatment categories

Average FBS, mg/dl

≤ 130 mg/dl

> 130 mg/dl

P-value

  

N

%

N

%

 

Pharmacotherapeutic options

      

   Insulin alone

170.8

37

23.6

120

76.4

 

   Insulin and OGLA

190.3

3

23.1

10

76.9

0.0006

   One OGLA

152.7

28

41.8

39

58.2

 

   Both OGLA

188.7

15

22.4

59

77.6

 

Doses of drugs

      

   Insulin

      

   < 1IU/Kg/d

167.7

36

25.5

105

74.5

0.175

    1IU/kg/d

194.5

4

13.8

25

86.2

 

Glibenclamide (G)

      

   < 20 mg/d

149.4

30

50.0

30

50.0

0.0001

    20 mg/d

190.0

11

15.1

62

84.9

 

Metformin(M)

      

   < 1000 mg/d

163.1

15

38.5

24

61.5

0.001

    1000 mg/d

204.3

5

8.9

52

91.1

 

Glibenclamide + metformin

      

   G < 20 mg/d or M < 1000 mg/d

168.1

12

36.4

21

63.6

0.005

   G 20 mg/d & M 1000 mg/d

203.3

4

9.5

38

90.5

 

Modification of glycaemic treatment during the last 3 visits

     

   Yes

16*

19.0

70

30.7

 

   No

68

81.0

158

69.3

 
  1. * In 13 of these patients treatment modification was for low FBS or symptoms of hypoglycemia.