The EUCCLID study: Proposed European study on care and complications in people with type 2 diabetes in primary care

Bobbink, Inge W.G.; Gorter, Kees J.; Rutten, Guy E.H.M.; Wens, Johan; Claramunt, Xavier Cos; Topsever, Pinar; Khunti, Kamlesh; for the EUCCLID study group,

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2007.07.009

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Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 167-171, September 2007

The EUCCLID study: Proposed European study on care and complications in people with type 2 diabetes in primary care

Inge W.G. Bobbink
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +31 302507280; fax: +31 302539028.
Kees J. Gorter
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Guy E.H.M. Rutten
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
Johan Wens
- University of Antwerp, Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Practice, Interdisciplinary Health Care and Geriatrics, Antwerp, Belgium
Xavier Cos Claramunt
- Catalonian Health Institute, Spanish Primary Care Diabetis group (GEDAPS-SEMFYC), Institut d’investigació a l’Atenció Primaria (IDIAP jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain
Pinar Topsever
- Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Kocaeli, Turkey
Kamlesh Khunti
- Division of General Practice and Primary Health Care, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
for the EUCCLID study group

Received 20 July 2007; accepted 20 July 2007. published online 15 August 2007.

Abstract

Aim

The EUCCLID study aims to compare the quality of type 2 diabetes (DM2) care and the prevalence of complications in primary care DM2 patients in Europe.

Design

A cross-sectional survey consisting of three parallel studies: (1) study on actual clinical practice; (2) study on patient's perspective of diabetes care; (3) study on general practitioner's perspective of diabetes care.

Methods

Patients will be randomly selected from a list of all patients known to the participating GPs with DM2 for whom the GP is the main diabetes care provider. Exclusion criteria will include people with type 1 diabetes mellitus, diabetes of pregnancy, serious mental illness, unable to complete a questionnaire in national language or unable to give written informed consent. Approximately 12,000 patients will be included. Participants will have a detailed medical history and anthropometric measurements, blood and urine will be collected and questionnaires will be taken. Endpoints will include quality indicators of clinical DM2 care, prevalence of diabetic complications, knowledge, attitudes, barriers and behaviour affecting good control in DM2 patients, quality of life and patients’ satisfaction with diabetes care. We will also determine primary care physician's attitudes, behaviour and perception of barriers to deliver effective diabetes care.

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes, Primary care, Quality of care, Diabetes complications, European survey