Utilisation of general practitioner services and achievement of guideline targets by people with diabetes who joined a peer-support program in Victoria, Australia Rawal, Lal B., Wolfe, Rory, Joyce, Catherine, Riddell, Michaela, Dunbar, James A., Li, Hang and Oldenburg, Brian 2015, Utilisation of general practitioner services and achievement of guideline targets by people with diabetes who joined a peer-support program in Victoria, Australia, Australian journal of primary health, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 205-213, doi: 10.1071/PY13178. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Utilisation of general practitioner services and achievement of guideline targets by people with diabetes who joined a peer-support program in Victoria, Australia Author(s) Rawal, Lal B. Wolfe, Rory Joyce, Catherine Riddell, Michaela Dunbar, James A. orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-4365 Li, Hang Oldenburg, Brian Journal name Australian journal of primary health Volume number 21 Issue number 2 Start page 205 End page 213 Total pages 9 Publisher CSIRO Publishing Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2015 ISSN 1448-7527 Keyword(s) diabetes management regional urban Summary This paper describes the use of general practitioner (GP) services and achievement of guideline targets by 285 adults with type 2 diabetes in urban and regional areas of Victoria, Australia. Anthropometric and biomedical measures and responses to a self-administered questionnaire were collected. Findings indicate that almost all participants had visited a GP and had had their hypoglycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) measured in the past 6 months; less than one-third had visited a practice nurse. Fifty per cent achieved a HbA1c target of ≤7.0%; 40%, a total cholesterol ≤4.00 mmol/L; 39%, BP Systolic ≤130 mmHg; 51%, BP Diastolic ≤80 mmHg; 15%, body mass index ≤25 kg/m2; and 34% reported a moderately intense level of physical activity, that is, ≥30 min, 5 days a week. However, 39% of individuals achieved at least two targets and 18% achieved at least three of these guideline targets. Regional participants were more likely to report having a management plan and having visited a practice nurse, but they were less likely to have visited other health professionals. Therefore, a more sustained effort that also includes collaborative care approaches is required to improve the management of diabetes in Australia. Language eng DOI 10.1071/PY13178 Field of Research 111717 Primary Health Care Socio Economic Objective 920104 Diabetes HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2014, CSIRO Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30063363 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 20 May 2014, 13:58:04 EST Tue, 20 May 2014, 14:04:58 EST Wed, 21 May 2014, 09:25:19 EST Wed, 21 May 2014, 14:44:26 EST Wed, 04 Jun 2014, 15:50:48 EST Wed, 13 Aug 2014, 09:43:02 EST Tue, 16 Sep 2014, 11:40:12 EST Mon, 09 Feb 2015, 12:39:05 EST Tue, 07 Jul 2015, 15:11:29 EST Tue, 07 Jul 2015, 15:28:57 EST Tue, 07 Jul 2015, 15:30:53 EST Fri, 09 Oct 2015, 17:07:44 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 15:29:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 7 times in TR Web of Science Cited 7 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 485 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 20 May 2014, 13:58:03 EST by Jane Moschetti