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The impact of lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on glycemic control in patients with diabetes

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The aim the study was to assess the impact of the lockdown due to COVID-19 on diabetes control. The HbA1c value from a pre-lockdown visit (V1) from patients with diabetes… Click to show full abstract

The aim the study was to assess the impact of the lockdown due to COVID-19 on diabetes control. The HbA1c value from a pre-lockdown visit (V1) from patients with diabetes was compared to the lockdown visit one (V2) after 3–5 months of its duration. Additional information on how the HbA1c changed and which variables can modify HbA1c during lockdown was also studied. Records from 65 patients (type 2 diabetes −96,9%) were eligible and revealed that: HbA1c was at the target in 60% of the patients at V2 compared to 40% at V1; HbA1c decreased and normalized in 19, but worsened in 4 participants during the lockdown. No impact on HbA1c of: sex, age, diabetes duration, therapy type and modification before the pandemic, abandonment of the treatment, previous problems with glycemic control, or change in body weight and physical activity during the lockdown, was found. The previous macrovascular complications were the only variable that affected the increase in HbA1c (p = 0.0072), OR = 5.33. The COVID-19 pandemic has not revealed worsened glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, in general. The patients with macrovascular complications turned out to be at risk of the harmful impact of the restrictions on the HbA1c.

Keywords: patients diabetes; control; glycemic control; impact lockdown; control patients; covid pandemic

Journal Title: Endocrine
Year Published: 2022

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