Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic neuropathy and painful diabetic neuropathy in primary and secondary healthcare in Qatar.
Georgios PonirakisTarik ElhaddSubitha ChinnaiyanAbdul H HamzaSanaulla SheikMohamed A KalathingalMohamed S AnodiyilZeinab DabbousMashhood A SiddiqueHamad AlmuhannadiIoannis N PetropoulosAdnan KhanKhaled Ae AshaweshKhaled M DukhanZiyad R MahfoudMahmoud A ZirieAmin JayyousiChristopher MurgatroydMark SlevinRayaz Ahmed MalikPublished in: Journal of diabetes investigation (2020)
The prevalence of DPN and pDPN in type 2 diabetes is lower in PHC compared with SHC, and is attributed to overall better control of risk factors and referral bias due to patients with poorly managed complications being referred to SHC. However, approximately 80% of patients had not been previously diagnosed with DPN in PHC and SHC. Furthermore, we identified a number of modifiable risk factors for PDN and pDPN.