An exploration of barriers and facilitators to implementing a nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pathway for people with type 2 diabetes in primary care.
Lucy GracenKelly L HaywardMelanie AikebuseSuzanne WilliamsAnthony RussellJames O'BeirneElizabeth E PowellPatricia Casarolli ValeryPublished in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2022)
From the perspectives of health practitioners, there is a gap in clinical practice for the implementation of clear, evidence-based guidelines for NAFLD in people with T2D. By focusing on comorbidity prevention and integrating NAFLD as a diabetes complication to be addressed during established cycles of care, many barriers to implementing a NAFLD pathway in primary care could be overcome.