Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The vast majority of patients with diabetes have multiple chronic conditions, increasing complexity of care; however, clinical practice guidelines, interventions, and public reporting metrics do not adequately address the interaction of these multiple conditions. To advance the understanding of diabetes clinical care in the context of multiple chronic conditions, we must understand how care overlaps, or doesn't, between diabetes and its co-occurring conditions. This study aimed to determine which chronic conditions are concordant (share care goals with diabetes) and discordant (do not share care goals) with diabetes care, according to primary care provider expert opinion. METHODS: Using the Delphi technique, we administered an iterative, two-round survey to 16 practicing primary care providers in an academic practice in the Midwestern USA. The expert panel determined which specific diabetes care goals were also care goals for other chronic conditions (concordant) and which were not (discordant). Our diabetes care goals were those commonly used in quality reporting, and the conditions were 62 ambulatory-relevant condition categories. RESULTS: Sixteen experts participated and all completed both rounds. Consensus was reached on the first round for 94% of the items. After the second round, 12 conditions were concordant with diabetes care and 50 were discordant. Of the concordant conditions, 6 overlapped in care for 4 of 5 diabetes care goals and 6 overlapped for 3 of 5 diabetes care goals. Thirty-one discordant conditions did not overlap with any of the diabetes care goals, and 19 overlapped with only 1 or 2 goals. CONCLUSIONS: This study significantly adds to the number of conditions for which we have information on concordance and discordance for diabetes care. The results can be used for future studies to assess the impact of concordant and discordant conditions on diabetes care, and may prove useful in developing multimorbidity guidelines and interventions.
Source: BMC Family Practice
Authors: Elizabeth M Magnan, Rebecca Gittelson, Christie M Bartels, Heather M Johnson, Nancy Pandhi, Elizabeth A Jacobs, Maureen A Smith
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,790
Funders: National Institutes of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S. Public Health Service, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Institute on Aging, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Awards: G1278691668, Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Hypertension Control in Young Adults, IMPROVING DIABETES QUALITY REPORTS FOR PERSONS WITH MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, G2707116263, G3010331584, G3466918571, GUIDELINE ADHERENCE AND SHORT/LONG-TERM HEALTH OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES, G4594024356, G5245558174, Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Award, G7453724170, G7622855602, G7836413202, G8275385850, Impact of Rheumatologist Communication Upon Managing Cardiovascular Risk in RA, G8576800238, G8599790005, G991433101
OpenAlex ID: W1983298430