作者
Urmimala Sarkar, Andrew J Karter, Jennifer Y Liu, Howard H Moffet, Nancy E Adler, Dean Schillinger
发表日期
2010/9
期刊
Journal of general internal medicine
卷号
25
页码范围
962-968
出版商
Springer-Verlag
简介
BACKGROUND
Little is known about the frequency of significant hypoglycemic events in actual practice. Limited health literacy (HL) is common among patients with type 2 diabetes, may impede diabetes self-management, and thus HL could increase the risk of hypoglycemia.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the proportion of ambulatory, pharmacologically-treated patients with type 2 diabetes reporting ≥1 significant hypoglycemic events in the prior 12 months, and evaluate whether HL is associated with hypoglycemia.
RESEARCH DESIGN
Cross-sectional analysis in an observational cohort, the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE).
SUBJECTS
The subjects comprised 14,357 adults with pharmacologically-treated, type 2 diabetes who are seen at Kaiser Permanente Northern …
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