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Patients with noninfected neuroischemic diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) treated with sucrose octasulfate (SOS) dressing have been shown to have improved healing compared with patients wearing a similar type of dressing without SOS. In this study, we aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of SOS dressing compared with conventional dressings from a Canadian public payer’s perspective.

Objectives: To examine the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on health-related quality of life (HRQL) of adults visiting emergency departments (ED) and primary care (PC) settings in Alberta, Canada, and explore whether this impact varies across demographic subgroups. Methods: Data from two repeated cross-sectional surveys that measured HRQL using EQ-5D-5L were used; “pre-COVID” Sept 2019–Feb 2020 (ED, N=5927; PC, N=317), “Wave-1” Mar 2020–Aug 2020 (ED, N=4781; PC, N=375), and “Wave-2” Sept 2020–Jan 2021 (ED, N=4443; PC, N=327). Results: In the ED sample, there were decrements in mild–extreme problems of 3.7% in mobility and 4.1% in usual activities from pre-COVID to wave 2. There were very minor changes in mild–extreme problems in self-care (decrement=1.3%), pain/discomfort (decrement=2.6%), and anxiety/depression (decrement=0.9%). In the PC sample, there were increases of 4.8% in mild–extreme pain/discomfort and 10.7% in anxiety/depression from pre-COVID to wave 2. Despite these changes, HRQL of both samples pre-COVID and during waves 1 and 2 was worse than that of the general Alberta population. There were no significant variations in the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on HRQL across age, sex, and income subgroups in the ED survey; however, such variations were observed in the PC survey whereby younger adults, females, and those with high income had the largest HRQL deteriorations. Conclusion: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on HRQL was minimal in adults seeking ED care, but more pronounced in those seen in PC, especially in terms of mental health. Policies around COVID-19 should take into account the needs of certain groups of the population, especially women and young people.

To examine the association of depressive symptoms (DS) and diabetes-related distress (DD) with severe hypoglycemia (SH) in adults with type 2 diabetes.

OBJECTIVES:The aims of this study were to describe the volume and patterns of objectively assessed sedentary behaviour, light intensity physical activity (LPA) and moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and to examine socio-demographic correlates, among adults living with type 2 diabetes.

Sleep is an important behavior for metabolic control and mental health in type 2 diabetes. The aim was to examine the relationship of objective estimates of sleep quantity and quality with health-related quality of life (HRQL) in adults with type 2 diabetes.

To examine the association between meeting physical-activity recommendations and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in adults with type 2 diabetes.

To better understand the factors that affect care and outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes, we developed the prospective Alberta’s Caring for Diabetes (ABCD) cohort to collect, monitor and analyze data concerning several sociodemographic, behavioural, psychosocial, clinical and physiological factors that might influence diabetes care and outcomes.

To examine the prevalence and predictors of foot disease, self-care and clinical monitoring in adults with type 2 diabetes in Alberta, Canada.

We evaluated the implementation of an efficacious collaborative care model for patients with diabetes and depression in a controlled trial in 4 community-based primary care networks (PCNs) in Alberta, Canada. Similar to previous randomized trials, the nurse care manager-led TeamCare intervention demonstrated statistically significant improvements in depressive symptoms compared with usual care. We contextualized TeamCare’s effectiveness by describing implementation fidelity at the organizational and patient levels.

To examine the relationship of inadequate health literacy (HL) with changes in depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life and cardiometabolic outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus recently screened positive for depression.

Health literacy has been associated with a number of healthcare components and outcomes in individuals with chronic illnesses, including those with diabetes. Few models have been proposed to explain the relationships and pathways through which health literacy influences the health of people. Our original objective was to use the existing models to conceptualize how health literacy influences the health of people with diabetes. However, the existing models and frameworks have a number of limitations. After we discuss the limitations of existing models and views, we adapt the Paasche-Orlow and Wolf model using the available literature on health literacy in diabetes. The new model presents a more integrative and comprehensive view of health literacy, and is proposed to help healthcare providers, educators and researchers to better conceptualize and understand how health literacy can influence the health of people with diabetes. Additionally, we discuss the role of healthcare providers with people who have inadequate health literacy, identify research gaps and propose strategies to test the proposed model.

To examine the feasibility of the EQ-5D-3L valuation methods, and the impact of literacy, culture and religion on the preferences of the Pakistani population.

The aim of this study was to assess the association between diabetic foot disease and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during a 2-year follow up among people with type 2 diabetes in Alberta.