RESUMO
Soba university hospital recently started structuring diabetes care in the newly established diabetes clinic, the diabetes clinic population is progressively increasing, and the diabetes services are undergoing reform and improvements. We set to collect baseline data about the clinic population to inform clinic improvement process. To collect descriptive data about Soba clinic diabetes population and to determine where we stand compared to published international diabetes control targets and identify priorities for service improvement. One hundred and sixty-two records were randomly selected from the total of 550 records of Soba diabetes clinic population. The following information were extracted; age, gender, weight, BMI, systolic and diastolic BP, HbAlc, and lipid data. We compared variable against the recommendations of the American diabetes association [ADA]. Seventy-six percent of clinic population were female, 82% with type2DM and 4.3% with typelDM, 13.7% missing data, age 51 +/- 0.93 years, weight 75 +/- 0.26 Kg, BMI 27.6 +/- 5.3, HbAlC 8.3 +/- 1.7%, Systolic BP 127 +/- 1.4 mmHg, diastolic BP 76 +/- 0.76 mmHg, total cholesterol 172.2 +/- 0.69 mg/dL, LDL 119.0 +/- 0.68 mg/dL, TGs 126.9 +/- 1.06 mg/dL, HDL 46.7 +/- 1.3 mg/dL. The majority of our patient failed to achieve glycaemic, BP and lipid targets. Our findings indicate major challenges ahead; the majority of patients are not achieving the desired glycaemia, blood pressure and lipid target and the number of missing data is unacceptably high