United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study UKPDS
UKPDS is still the largest clinical study of diabetes ever conducted It investigated the effect of intensive treatment of type 2 diabetes in reducing long-term complications It demonstrated that long-term complications are reduced with intensive therapy It showed that a reduction in HbAlc of 1 was associated with 14 fewer myocardial infarctions, 21 fewer deaths related to diabetes and 37 fewer microvascular complications It confirmed that type 2 diabetes is a serious and progressive disease,...
Badly treated diabetes means patients are
Not being consulted about their ideas about diabetes Ill-informed and unable to make choices about their own care Not being involved or taking the lead in their own diabetes care plan Not being the most valued and important member of their health care team Being told that they have mild diabetes' which could have been avoided Being unaware of the aim and possible consequences of their treatment Made to feel censured if ideal weight is not achieved or maintained Condemned for not achieving...