Authors (including presenting author) :
Liu WY(1)
Affiliation :
(1) Department of Family Medicine and Primary Healthcare, Queen Mary Hospital
Introduction :
Diabetes is a common and significant chronic disease. If poorly managed, patients may develop different complications. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the control of diabetes had been worsened as less clinical resources were put into the management of chronic diseases. It is important to improve the control of diabetes.
Objectives :
To enhance the quality of care for diabetes patients in a general out-patient clinic through a clinical audit.
Methodology :
Diabetes patients fulfilling the selection criteria were recruited and randomly sampled. A total of 12 process of care criteria and 4 outcome criteria were set after literature review. The performance of the first cycle (1/10/2022-31/3/2023) was analyzed and areas of deficiency were identified. After implementation of interventions, second cycle (1/3/2024-31/8/2024) data were analyzed and compared with the first cycle.
Result & Outcome :
364 and 379 patients were recruited for the first and second cycles, respectively. After the intervention, all process of care and outcome criteria showed improvement. 11 out of the 16 criteria met the audit standards. Percentage of optimal diabetic control with HbA1c < 7% was significantly improved from 56.59% to 69.66% (p < 0.001).
