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Observational studyInternational journal of circumpolar health2020

A longitudinal follow-up study of a type 2 diabetes "lost to follow-up" cohort - positive effect on glycaemic control after changes in medication.

Timo Kauppila, Merja K Laine, Mikko Honkasalo, Marko Raina, Johan G Eriksson

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Observational study in International journal of circumpolar health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Timo KauppilaDepartment of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital , Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-6155-0300
Merja K LaineDepartment of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital , Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-1848-1514
Mikko HonkasaloNurmijärvi Health Centre , City of Nurmijärvi, Finland.
Marko RainaVantaa Health Centre , City of Vantaa, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-0201-6271
Johan G ErikssonDepartment of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital , Helsinki, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-2516-2060
University of Helsinki · FIAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGPremix (Finland) · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who had stopped attending their diabetes treatment system (referred to as "lost to follow-up", LTF) but who succeeded in improving their glycaemic control after returning to the diabetes treatment system had changes in their diabetes medication when compared with similar patients who did not show improvement. "LTFs" who had baseline haemoglobin A

Indexed as

Glycemic ControlAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overArctic RegionsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleFinlandFollow-Up StudiesGlycated HemoglobinHumansHypoglycemic AgentsLipidsLongitudinal StudiesMaleGlycated HemoglobinHypoglycemic AgentsLipidsDropoutglycaemic controlmedicationprimary health caretype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID32498629
PMCPMC7448891
OpenAlexW3033031729

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