Table 1 Non-systematic review of evidence on data collection performance in primary care of diabetes derived from national and international benchmark cross sectional studies

Area extension

Local (Ascoli)

Local (Ravenna)

Country wide

Country wide

Country wide

Country wide

Country wide

Country wide

Voluntary recruitment

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N physicians involved

26

6

755

862

-

-

5359

20

Reference period (months)

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

15

Diabetes prevalence (%)

5.3

5.4

7.4

6.7

-

3.8

3.9

6.5

Blood pressure (%)^a

-

24

44.7

44.5

86

91

94

88

BMI (%)^a

-

13

32.2

38.7

81

85

88

-

Smoking habits (%)^a

-

-

74.3

83.6

79

86

87

-

Total Cholesterol (%)^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

LDL Cholesterol (%)^a

70

40

24.1

33.7

81

88

90

87

Microalbuminuria (%)^a

-

26

22.4

30.2

48

60

63

-

Creatinine (%)^a

-

-

66.1

66.7

83

89

91

-

Creatinine clearance (%)^a

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Glycated haemoglobin (%)^a

50

39

60.2

63.3

83

88

91

-

Foot examination (%)^a

2

-

-

-

64

72

78

-

Eye examination (%)^a

25

-

42.9

42.0

61

66

67

-

Urine test (%)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-