Attendnce failures in diabetes clinics

✍ Scribed by Gill, G ;Owens, L

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 216 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1357-8170
• DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1960150506

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We have examined the problem of default from diabetes clinics over a 12 month period at our Diabetes Centre. Of 7,015 appointments 1,228 (17.5%) patients did not attend, and 165 (2.4%) cancelled. There was no seasonal variation and default rates were lower for ‘special’ clinics (p<0.01). The overall default rate of 20% gives cause for concern, and demands attempts to define reasons for default and to improve attendance.