Exploring Diabetic Foot Exam Performance in a Specialty Clinic.

Detection of diabetic foot complications is key to amputation prevention. This study used survey and retrospective record review to examine the relationship between frequency and performance of clinician's diabetic foot examinations on performance of patient home self-foot examinations. An additional aim was to assess clinician performance of annual foot examination per American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines in a specialty clinic.

Prevalence and correlates of dietary supplement use in individuals with diabetes mellitus at an academic diabetes care clinic.

Objectives: This study sought to describe the prevalence of supplement use by those with diabetes mellitus receiving care at an academic outpatient diabetes care center and to identify any association of supplement use with glycemic control.

Methods: This study is based on a retrospective audit of provider-verified and patient-self-reported medication and supplement use by adults with diabetes at the University of Washington Diabetes Care Center during four 2-week periods from fall 2006 through summer 2007 (1 period per season).

Results: Verified medication and supplement histories for 459 adults demonstrated a per-person average use of 7 ± 4.