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Essential steps in primary care management of older people with Type 2 diabetes: an executive summary on behalf of the European geriatric medicine society (EuGMS) and the European diabetes working party for older people (EDWPOP) collaboration

  • Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson
  • , Stefania Maggi
  • , Ahmed Abdelhafiz
  • , Sri Bellary
  • , Jacopo Demurtas
  • , Angus Forbes
  • , Philip Ivory
  • , Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas
  • , Cornel Sieber
  • , Timo Strandberg
  • , Daniel Tessier
  • , Itziar Vergara
  • , Nicola Veronese
  • , Andrej Zeyfang
  • , Antoine Christiaens
  • , Alan Sinclair
  • CHU Bordeaux, F-33000, Bordeaux, France.
  • National Research Council, Neuroscience Institute, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padua, Italy.
  • Department of Geriatric Medicine, Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, S60 2UD, UK.
  • Primary Care Department, Azienda USL Toscana Sud Est, Grosseto, Italy.
  • Division of Care in Long Term Conditions, King's College London, London, UK.
  • Patient advocate, c/o Imperial College London London UK
  • Division of Geriatrics, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, 28905, Getafe, Spain.
  • Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.
  • University of Oulu, Center for Life Course Health Research, Oulu, Finland.
  • Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, 2500, Boul. de L'Université, Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1, Canada.
  • Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Paseo Dr. Begiristain S/N, 20014, Donostia, Basque Country, Spain.
  • Geriatric Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Palliative Medicine and Diabetology, Medius Klinik Ostfildern-Ruit and Nürtingen, Nürtingen, Germany.
  • Research Institute for Psychological Sciences, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium,Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS), Brussels, Belgium
  • King's College, London, WC2R 2LS, UK. [email protected].

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Abstract

We present an executive summary of a guideline for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary care written by the European Geriatric Medicine Society, the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People with contributions from primary care practitioners and participation of a patient’s advocate. This consensus document relies where possible on evidence-based recommendations and expert opinions in the fields where evidences are lacking. The full text includes 4 parts: a general strategy based on comprehensive assessment to enhance quality and individualised care plan, treatments decision guidance, management of complications, and care in case of special conditions. Screening for frailty and cognitive impairment is recommended as well as a comprehensive assessment all health conditions are concerned, including end of life situations. The full text is available online at the following address: essential_steps_inprimary_care_in_older_people_with_diabetes_-_EuGMS-EDWPOP___3_.pdf.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2279-2291
Number of pages13
JournalAging clinical and experimental research
Volume35
Issue number11
Early online date4 Sept 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2023

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Prevention
  • Glucose lowering therapy
  • Cognitive disorders
  • Frailty
  • Type diabetes mellitus
  • Integrative care
  • Humans
  • Aged
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Primary Health Care
  • Consensus
  • Geriatrics

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