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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Diabetes Registry of Pakistan.

Abdul Basit, Asher Fawwad, Kulsoom Baqa

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdul BasitAbdul Basit, FRCP. Professor of Medicine (BMU), Director (BIDE), Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology (BIDE), Karachi, Pakistan. Baqai Medical University (BMU), Karachi, Pakistan.
Asher FawwadAsher Fawwad, Chairman and Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry (BMU), Research Director (BIDE), Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology (BIDE), Karachi, Pakistan. Baqai Medical University (BMU), Karachi, Pakistan.
Kulsoom BaqaMiss. Kulsoom Baqa, M.Phil. Research Officer, Research Department (BIDE-BMU), Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology (BIDE), Karachi, Pakistan. Baqai Medical University (BMU), Karachi, Pakistan.
Baqai Medical University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes registries can be used to monitor the prevalence and incidence of diabetes. Diabetes registries are used in many countries for population management of diabetes, outcomes management, and development of Clinician finding Support Structure, for example, National Diabetes Registry (NDR) in Sweden and Singapore diabetes registry. According to 2nd National Diabetes Survey of Pakistan (NDSP) 2016-2017, overall 26.3% adult (≥20) suffer from diabetes (27.4 million people). Health Research Advisory Board (HRAB) of Pakistan has initiated the mission of developing disease registries countrywide. Diabetes Registry of Pakistan (DROP) under the supervision of Prof. Abdul Basit and Dr. Asher Fawwad to enumerate the degree of the national disease burden. For type 1 diabetes, Diabetes Registry of Pakistan for type 1 (DROP-1) has already started. DROP-1 can be a good pilot arm for developing the robust methodology for DROP. The upcoming and the ongoing research is periodically being linked with the registry to ensure its modernization. This registry is a useful tool for tracking the status of patient, in order to limit the burden of data collection. A web-based data entry system and automated random sampling has enabled useful data collection and tracking with relatively minimal effort.

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DiabetesIncidenceNational diabetes surveyPakistanRegistry

Identifiers

PMID32292475
PMCPMC7150381
OpenAlexW3007959151

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