Dissonance in the discourse of the duration of diabetes: A mixed methods study of patient perceptions and clinical practice.

Background: Remission of diabetes can be rewarding for patients and physicians, but there is limited study of how patients perceive the timeline of a disease along the continuum of glycaemic control.

Objective: To explore how patients perceive the timeline of diabetes along the continuum of glycaemic control and their goals of care and to identify whether family physicians communicate the principles of regression and remission of diabetes.

Design: Mixed methods approach of qualitative semi-structured interviews with purposive sampling followed by cross-sectional survey of physicians.

How Family Physicians Practice the Principle of Remission Along the Glycemic Continuum.

Introduction: Recent evidence reveals that diabetes and prediabetes (preDM) can be reversed to normal glucose regulation (NGR) through significant weight loss, but how physicians clinically identify the principles of partial and complete remission of diabetes is largely unknown.

Methods: As part of the cross-sectional omnibus survey conducted in March 2019 at a professional annual meeting in the United States, physician participants answered case scenario questions about the diagnosis and documentation of patients with preDM and type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Results: Of the registered conference attendees, 387 (72.