Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Findings from the Diabetes Landeck Cohort.

Introduction: Maintaining and optimizing quality of life (QoL) is a central issue and one of the most important goals in therapy for patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus (DM). Despite its importance, there is little data on the QoL of patients with DM in Austria. The objective of this study was to extend an established population-based cohort, the Diabetes-Landeck cohort, by including patient-reported outcomes.

The assessment of quality of care of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a population-based cohort in the District of Landeck in Austria.

Introduction: Structured diabetes care based on evidence-based guidelines is one of the main strategies to improve glycemic control and to reduce long-term complications in diabetes mellitus.

Methods: This study is based on the "Diabetes-Landeck Cohort", a population-based cohort of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM). We assessed the quality of diabetes care and compared it between three groups of care units, that is, general practitioners (GP), diabetes specialists in private practice (DSPP), and hospitals (HOSP).

A population-based cohort of adult patients with diabetes mellitus in a Western District of Austria: The Diabetes Landeck cohort.

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has become an important and exacerbating health epidemic, with severe consequences for both patients and health systems. The National Diabetes Strategy of Austria addresses the lack of high-quality data on DM in Austria and the need for developing a national data network. The aims of our study are to establish a cohort including all adult diabetes patients in a district in western Austria, describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of this cohort, and provide an estimation of diabetes prevalence.

[Low-dose topical recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhu GM-CSF) therapy for chronic venous leg ulcers, 10-year follow-up].

Background: The treatment of leg ulcers is an enormous problem worldwide. Chronic venous ulceration affects 1% of the population and often has a protracted course. Recurrence rate is high, ranging up to 69% in the first year after healing.

Causal analyses with target trial emulation for real-world evidence removed large self-inflicted biases: systematic bias assessment of ovarian cancer treatment effectiveness.

Background And Objectives: Drawing causal conclusions from real-world data (RWD) poses methodological challenges and risk of bias. We aimed to systematically assess the type and impact of potential biases that may occur when analyzing RWD using the case of progressive ovarian cancer.

Methods: We retrospectively compared overall survival with and without second-line chemotherapy (LOT2) using electronic medical records.