High diabetes prevalence and insulin medication errors in hospital patients

Joanne E Taylor; Lesley V Campbell; Lulu Zhang; Jerry R Greenfield

doi:10.1111/imj.14124

High diabetes prevalence and insulin medication errors in hospital patients

Intern Med J. 2018 Dec;48(12):1529-1532. doi: 10.1111/imj.14124.

Authors

Joanne E Taylor¹, Lesley V Campbell^{1

2

3

4}, Lulu Zhang¹, Jerry R Greenfield^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Diabetes Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Diabetes and Metabolism Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

PMID: 30517999
DOI: 10.1111/imj.14124

Abstract

We conducted three single-day point type 2 diabetes prevalence surveys of all inpatient clinical records in November 2013, 2014 and 2016. The prevalence of diabetes was 19.7-25.3%. The majority (63.4-76%) had type 2 diabetes. Twenty-one percent (n = 21) in 2013, 12% (n = 9) in 2014 and 22.6% (n = 21) in 2016 were diagnosed with diabetes during hospital admission; 41.8% (n = 41) in 2013, 46.7% (n = 35) in 2014 and 51.6% (n = 48) in 2016 required insulin. The high prevalence of diabetes among inpatients mandates active detection and specialist management of diabetes during the admission.

Keywords: diabetes; insulin; prevalence.

MeSH terms

Australia / epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / epidemiology
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Insulin* / administration & dosage
Insulin* / adverse effects
Male
Medication Errors* / prevention & control
Medication Errors* / statistics & numerical data
Middle Aged
Needs Assessment
Patient Care Management* / methods
Patient Care Management* / standards
Prevalence
Quality Improvement

Substances

Insulin