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ArticlePrimary care diabetes2023

The impact of the covid-19 pandemic on diabetes care: the perspective of healthcare providers across Europe.

S E Van Grondelle, S Van Bruggen, S P Rauh, M Van der Zwan, A Cebrian, S Seidu, G E H M Rutten, H M M Vos, M E Numans, R C Vos

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Article in Primary care diabetes, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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S E Van GrondelleDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands. Electronic address: s.e.van_grondelle@lumc.nl.
S Van BruggenDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands; Hadoks, The Hague, the Netherlands.
S P RauhDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
M Van der ZwanDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
A CebrianPrimary Care Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia (IMIB), Murcia, Spain; Centro de Salud Casco Antiguo Cartagena, Murcia, Spain; Spanish Diabetes Association, Catholic University of Murcia, Servicio Murciano de Salud, Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.
S SeiduDiabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
G E H M RuttenJulius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
H M M VosDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
M E NumansDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
R C VosDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsCovid-19 caused changes on the delivery of diabetes care. This study aimed to explore perceptions of healthcare providers across Europe concerning 1) the impact of covid-19 on delivery of diabetes care; 2) impact of changes in diabetes care on experienced workload; 3) experiences with video consultation in diabetes care.

methodsCross-sectional survey among healthcare providers in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Turkey, Ukraine and Sweden, with a focus on primary care.

resultsThe survey was completed by 180 healthcare providers. During the COVID-19 pandemic 57.1% of respondents provided less diabetes care and 72.8% observed a negative impact on people with diabetes. More than half of respondents (61.9%) expressed worries to some extent about getting overloaded by work. Although the vast majority considered their work meaningful (85.6%). Almost half of healthcare providers (49.4%) thought that after the pandemic video-consultation could be blended with face-to-face contact.

conclusionsLess diabetes care was delivered and a negative impact on people with diabetes was observed by healthcare providers. Despite healthcare providers' feeling overloaded, mental wellbeing seemed unaffected. Video consultations were seen as having potential. Given the remaining covid-19 risks and from the interest of proactive management of people with diabetes, these findings urge for further exploration of incorporating video consultation in diabetes care.

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COVID-19Diabetes MellitusCross-Sectional StudiesEuropeHealth PersonnelHumansPandemicsCovid-19DiabetesPrimary careVideo-consultation

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PMCPMC9933343

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