Journal article
Using routine hemoglobin A1c testing to determine the glycemic status in psychiatric inpatients
P Naidu, L Churilov, A Kong, R Kanaan, H Wong, A Van Mourik, A Yao, E Cornish, M Hachem, GK Hart, E Owen-Jones, R Robbins, Q Lam, K Samaras, JD Zajac, EI Ekinci
Frontiers in Endocrinology | FRONTIERS MEDIA SA | Published : 2017
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Abstract
Aim: Using routine hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing to describe the prevalence, characteristics, and length of stay (LOS) of psychiatry inpatients with type 2 diabetes compared to those with pre-diabetes and those without diabetes. Methods: In this prospective observational study, all inpatients aged greater than 30 years admitted to the Austin Health Psychiatry Unit, a major tertiary hospital, affiliated with the University of Melbourne, between February 2014 and April 2015 had routine HbA1c testing as part of the Diabetes Discovery Initiative. Patients were divided into three groups: diabetes (HbA1c≥6.5%, 48 mmol/mol), pre-diabetes (HbA1c 5.7-6.4%, 39-46 mmol/mol), or no diabetes (HbA1c ≤ 5...
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Funding Acknowledgements
EIE was supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship, a Viertel Clinical Investigatorship, RACP Fellowship, Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Medical Research Foundation research grant, and an unconditional Takeda Pharmaceuticals grant.