Sex disparities in medication prescribing amongst patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus managed in primary care.

Background: Sex differences in clinical outcomes have been observed for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). These could be related to sex disparities in treatment.

Objectives: To determine whether there are sex disparities in medication prescribing amongst patients with T2DM.

Development and evaluation of a mobile patient application to enhance medical-dental integration for the treatment of periodontitis and diabetes.

Introduction: People around the world are increasingly affected by multimorbidity, where conditions in different medical specialties can correlate in complex ways. This increases the relevance of multidisciplinary integrated care pathways. Modern software solutions provide vast opportunities to enhance information exchange between patients and various healthcare professionals, thereby improving patient-centered and inter-professional care.

Meta-research publications in dentistry: a review.

The present scoping review has the objective of providing an overview of meta-research in dentistry. A search of the PubMed database was performed for the period 11 October 2014 to 10 October 2019. Study selection and data extraction were performed independently by one author; prior to this, a random sample of 10% of the retrieved titles and abstracts were independently screened by two authors, achieving agreement of >80% on eligibility for initial inclusion, corresponding to good agreement.

Effect of periodontal treatment on diabetes-related healthcare costs: a retrospective study.

Introduction: Periodontitis has been considered a sixth complication of diabetes. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of periodontal treatment on diabetes-related healthcare costs in patients with diabetes.

Research Design And Methods: A retrospective analysis was done, exploiting unique and large-scale claims data of a Dutch health insurance company.

Dutch oral health care quality measures: a modified Delphi study.

Objectives: Quality measures offer opportunities for evaluation and improvement of the quality of oral health care. This study describes the development of a core set of oral health care quality measures for adults in the Netherlands, which can be used in dental practice.

Materials And Methods: A comprehensive two-stage approach was used, consisting of: (1) identification of an initial set of measures based on appraised literature; and (2) a four-round modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method to establish measures that are relevant, appropriate and important to oral health care.

Vegetarian diet and its possible influence on dental health: A systematic literature review.

Objectives: People following a vegetarian diet could be more prone to oral health problems than people following a nonvegetarian diet. The aim of this systematic review was to examine the possible impacts of following a vegetarian diet on dental hard tissues, focusing on caries development, dental erosion and number of natural teeth.

Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science and CINAHL were searched systematically up until 17 April 2019.

Is guideline-adherent prescribing associated with quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes?

Background: Guideline-adherent prescribing for treatment of multiple risk factors in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients is expected to improve clinical outcomes. However, the relationship to Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) is not straightforward since guideline-adherent prescribing can increase medication burden.

Objectives: To test whether guideline-adherent prescribing and disease-specific medication burden are associated with HRQoL in patients with T2D.

Development and validation of prescribing quality indicators for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Aim: Quality indicators are used to measure whether healthcare professionals act according to guidelines, but few indicators focus on the quality of pharmacotherapy for diabetes. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a set of prescribing quality indicators (PQIs) for type 2 diabetes in primary care, and to apply this set in practice. To take into account the stepwise treatment of chronic disease, clinical action indicators were specifically considered.

Development and initial validation of prescribing quality indicators for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Background: Quality assessment is a key element for improving the quality of care. Currently, a comprehensive indicator set for measuring the quality of medication treatment in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is lacking. Our aim was to develop and validate a set of prescribing quality indicators (PQIs) for CKD care, and to test the feasibility of applying this set in practice.

Process quality indicators for chronic kidney disease risk management: a systematic literature review.

Background And Objectives: Quality indicators (QIs) can be used for measuring the quality of actions of healthcare providers. This systematic review gives an overview of such QIs measuring processes of care for chronic kidney disease (CKD), and identifies the QIs that have content, face, operational and/or predictive validity.

Methods: PubMed and Embase were searched using a strategy combining the terms "quality of care," "quality indicators" and "chronic kidney disease".