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Published in: Community Mental Health Journal 2/2024

11-09-2023 | Diabetes | Original Paper

Nationwide Evaluation of Quality of Care Indicators for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness and Diabetes Mellitus, Following Israel’s Mental Health Reform

Authors: Deborah Barasche-Berdah, Eliana Ein-Mor, Ronit Calderon-Margalit, Adam J Rose, Michal Krieger, Shuli Brammli-Greenberg, Arye Ben-Yehuda, Orly Manor, Arnon D. Cohen, Edna Bar-Ratson, Ronen Bareket, Eran Matz, Ora Paltiel

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 2/2024

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Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is more common among individuals with severe mental illness (SMI). We aimed to assess quality-of-care-indicators in individuals with SMI following the 2015 Israel’s Mental-Health-reform. We analyzed yearly changes in 2015–2019 of quality-of-care-measures and intermediate-DM-outcomes, with adjustment for gender, age-group, and socioeconomic status (SES) and compared individuals with SMI to the general adult population. Adults with SMI had higher prevalences of DM (odds ratio (OR) = 1.64; 95% confidence intervals (CI): 1.61–1.67) and obesity (OR = 2.11; 95% CI: 2.08–2.13), compared to the general population. DM prevalence, DM control, and obesity rates increased over the years in this population. In 2019, HbA1c testing was marginally lower (OR = 0.88; 95% CI: 0.83–0.94) and uncontrolled DM (HbA1c > 9%) slightly more common among patients with SMI (OR = 1.22; 95% CI: 1.14–1.30), control worsened by decreasing SES. After adjustment, uncontrolled DM (adj. OR = 1.02; 95% CI: 0.96–1.09) was not associated with SMI. Cardio-metabolic morbidity among patients with SMI may be related to high prevalences of obesity and DM rather than poor DM control. Effective screening for metabolic diseases in this population and social reforms are required.
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Metadata
Title
Nationwide Evaluation of Quality of Care Indicators for Individuals with Severe Mental Illness and Diabetes Mellitus, Following Israel’s Mental Health Reform
Authors
Deborah Barasche-Berdah
Eliana Ein-Mor
Ronit Calderon-Margalit
Adam J Rose
Michal Krieger
Shuli Brammli-Greenberg
Arye Ben-Yehuda
Orly Manor
Arnon D. Cohen
Edna Bar-Ratson
Ronen Bareket
Eran Matz
Ora Paltiel
Publication date
11-09-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 2/2024
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01178-y

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