Basu S, Sharma N. Diabetes self-care in primary health facilities in India - challenges and the way forward. World J Diabetes 2019; 10(6): 341-349 [PMID: 31231457 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v10.i6.341]
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Saurav Basu, MBBS, MD, Doctor, Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. saurav.basu.mph@gmail.com
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
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World J Diabetes. Jun 15, 2019; 10(6): 341-349 Published online Jun 15, 2019. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v10.i6.341
Diabetes self-care in primary health facilities in India - challenges and the way forward
Saurav Basu, Nandini Sharma
Saurav Basu, Nandini Sharma, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi 110002, India
Author contributions: Both authors contributed to study conception, design, editing, and approval of the final manuscript; Basu S also contributed to the literature search and manuscript preparation.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict-of-interest.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Saurav Basu, MBBS, MD, Doctor, Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. saurav.basu.mph@gmail.com
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Received: February 20, 2019 Peer-review started: February 20, 2019 First decision: May 8, 2019 Revised: May 10, 2019 Accepted: May 14, 2019 Article in press: May 14, 2019 Published online: June 15, 2019 Processing time: 114 Days and 19.4 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Public primary care facilities in India, especially in rural and suburban areas, are frequently unable to deliver patient-centered care for diabetes self-management through education and support due to the lack of trained diabetes educators and team-based support, and the absence of community linkages. Studies from Indian primary care facilities indicate the high prevalence of suboptimal medication adherence, poor glycemic status, clinical inertia, poor patient knowledge of diabetes, lack of depression screening and inadequate assistance for tobacco cessation. Developing prospective registries with predefined data standards in Indian primary care facilities is essential for enabling clinical audits and monitor the quality of patient care.
