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Quantifying Worsened Glycemic Control During the COVID-19 Pandemic #MMPMID33622837
Ledford CJW; Roberts C; Whisenant E; Walters C; Akamiro K; Butler J; Ali A; Seehusen DA
J Am Board Fam Med 2021[Feb]; 34 (Suppl): S192-S195 PMID33622837show ga
AIMS: We hypothesized that glycemic control in outpatients, measured by HbA1c, was worse during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic than in 2019. We sought to quantify how much worse and to determine if social determinants of health were associated with these differences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Data were extracted from the electronic medical records of 2 cohorts of patients seen in the family medicine clinic of a southeastern academic health center. Three hundred patients with baseline HbA1c results as well as HbA1c results in May 2019 or May 2020 were evaluated. RESULTS: The groups had similar mean baseline HbA1c (7.65, SD = 1.50 for 2019; 7.61, SD = 1.71 for 2020; P = .85). Mean May HbA1c decreased from baseline in 2019 (7.19, SD = 1.45) but rose in 2020 (7.63, SD = 1.73), a statistically significant difference (P < .01). Controlling for age, gender, race, and insurance status, HbA1c in May 2020 (mean(adj) = 7.73) was significantly higher than in May 2019 (mean(adj) = 7.16). CONCLUSIONS: During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, glycemic control in our patient population was significantly worse than during the same period in 2019 (mean HbA1c difference = 0.57). Contrary to our expectations, we did not find associations between patient demographic variables and glycemic control, including race.
J+Am+Board+Fam+Med 2021 ; 34 (Suppl): S192-S195
