Portfolio Report 2011

SUBMITTED BY PGMCINTOSH ON WED, 11/01/2012 - 13:44

For the fourth consecutive year, we are delighted to report a significant increase in diabetes research activity in Scotland both in terms of number of studies and numbers of participants. After a very modest increase in numbers of academic studies in 2010, 2011 has seen a 28% increase in numbers of studies with many academic studies now being large collaborative efforts which are recruiting right across Scotland. Academic studies have seen an increase of 45% in patient recruitment again as they recruit across multiple sites and Health Boards. After a 38.6% increase in the number of commercial studies in 2010, 2011 has seen a smaller, but still significant, increase of 21% in the numbers of studies. A number of commercial studies have closed in the last year and many are still in the recruitment phase so numbers of patients recruited to these studies fell by 27.5% (there was a 33% increase in recruitment in commercial studies in 2010).

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Assessment of the underreporting of diabetes as a co-morbidity in hospital admission data

Submitted by pgmcintosh on Mon, 19/12/2011 - 10:31

Aims/hypothesis
To describe the associations between age, sex and BMI at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, and test the hypothesis that men are diagnosed with diabetes at lower average BMI than women of similar age.

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First Patient Recruited to Diabetes Study

Submitted by pgmcintosh on Wed, 14/12/2011 - 12:16

Doctors and scientists at the University of Glasgow have recruited the first patient to join a major international research project to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D).

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Assessment of the under-reporting of diabetes in hospital admission data

Submitted by pgmcintosh on Thu, 17/11/2011 - 00:00

Aims
Good quality data are required to plan and evaluate diabetes services and to assess progress against targets for reducing hospital admissions and bed days. The aim of this study was to assess the completeness of recording of diabetes in hospital admissions using recent national data for Scotland.

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