Optimal Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Family Medicine

Abstract: Diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associated disease outcomes are a growing concern worldwide. Effective diabetes management in Family practice can reduce the occurrence and progression of many further complications. A comprehensive search was carried out using electronic databases (Medline, Embase and HealthStar) search was performed by Authors using the following Mesh headings: Family Practice or General Practice, and Primary care, diabetes Mellitus, Glucose intolerance, prevention, Quality Control or Continuous Quality Improvement of diabetes prevention. The search was limited to English language journals and to the period from January 1980 to September 2016. Developing performance indicators for primary health care organisations more specifically focusing on the assessment and management of behavioural risk factors in patients at risk of developing DM could help pervention in primary care. Keywords: Diabetes mellitus (DM), Electronic Databases (Medline, Embase and HealthStar). Title: Optimal Prevention and Management of Diabetes in Family Medicine Author: Alharthi, Saif Abdullah M, Alhamyani, Abdulmajeed Hamed M, Al- Kurayzi, Majed. Hassan, Rami Abdullah Alsuwat, Ahmad Faisal Albishry, Alzahrani Mohammed Khalid H, Omar Mousa Awad Alshamrani, Abdullah Ali Mobarki International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Research Publish Journals

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