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Recommendations...

Recommendations

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The development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines is fundamental to putting evidence into practice. This document contains information and recommendations which, based on the model of disease management, are geared towards improving the quality of care of persons with diabetes. Thus the document is intended not only for healthcare workers directly involved in care but also for regional and institutional planners and organisers. The objective is that of defining the minimum requirements for a care model of management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults. The specific objectives are:

to define organisational modalities for the management of diabetes mellitus
to develop recommendations for improving the quality of care for diabetes mellitus and preventing complications
to define a minimum set of indicators for monitoring the process as well as outcomes of diabetes care

The recommendations were developed using the GRADE method (Grades of Recommendation Assessment, Development and Evaluation), which is based on systematic reviews of available evidence, and on the harm benefit ratio of the interventions. A multidisciplinary working group, selected by the ISS, has formally defined the priority aspects of care for persons with diabetes mellitus and has produced recommendations based on a systematic review of the literature.

Download the document (pdf 545 kb, in italian) and the leaflet (pdf 156 kb, in italian).

Last update Wednesday 5 May 2010