Summary
The National Diabetes Data Working Group’s Diabetes Indicators Review Subcommittee, under the direction of the National Diabetes Strategies Group (NDSG), has developed a national set of 33 diabetes indicators that address the NDSG’s six priorities for diabetes information:
- Are we preventing or delaying the development of Type 2 diabetes?
- Is case detection occurring optimally?
- Is access equitable?
- Is care (prevention, early detection and management) provided according to guidelines?
- Are we improving the quality of clinical management for people with diabetes?
- Are we reducing the death rate and serious health effects of diabetes?
Preliminary material (205KB PDF): Acknowledgments: Membership of the Diabetes Indicators Review Subcommittee of the National Diabetes Data Working Group; Abbreviations; Executive summary
Introduction (186KB PDF)
- Purpose of report
- Indicators
- Policy context for diabetes indicator development
- Existing diabetes indicator sets
- Why was a new set of diabetes indicators developed?
- The recommended priority diabetes indicators
- How do the recommended indicators complement Australian Government initiatives for chronic disease and diabetes?
Operational definitions for the recommended 11 indicators (559KB PDF)
Prevalence of Type 2 modifiable diabetes risk factors over time
- Prevalence of overweight and obesity over time
- Proportion of people not following guidelines for physical activity over time
- Proportion of people not following Australian dietary recommendations over time
The proportion of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes who correctly identify that they are at risk and who are taking steps/actions to reduce their risk
The proportion of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes who are being opportunistically screened, and the proportion of these undergoing appropriate opportunistic screening (as defined by current evidence-based guidelines)
- The proportion of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes who are being opportunistically screened
- The proportion of people at risk of Type 2 diabetes who are undergoing appropriate opportunistic screening (as defined by current evidence-based guidelines)
The number and characteristics of diabetes and at-risk programs, initiatives and services
Ability for people to access services that are culturally suitable
The number and characteristics of Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes guidelines identified
The proportion of people with diabetes mellitus who have had an annual cycle of care
The proportion of people with diabetes who meet guideline targets for: HbA1c; blood pressure; cholesterol; and weight/BMI
- Proportion of people who meet guideline targets for HbA1c
- Proportion of people who meet guideline targets for blood pressure
- Proportion of people who meet guideline targets for cholesterol
- Proportion of people who meet guideline targets for weight/body mass index
Diabetes-related death rate over time
Quality of life of people with diabetes (measured by standardised questionnaire)
Prevalence and incidence of diabetes, its complications and comorbidities over time
- Prevalence of diabetes over time
- Incidence of diabetes over time
- Prevalence of cardiovascular disease among people with diabetes over time
- Incidence of cardiovascular disease among people with diabetes over time
- Prevalence of visual loss among people with diabetes over time
- Incidence of visual loss among people with diabetes over time
- Prevalence of end-stage kidney disease among people with diabetes over time
- Incidence of end-stage kidney disease among people with diabetes over time
- Prevalence of non-traumatic amputation among people with diabetes over time
- Incidence of non-traumatic amputation among people with diabetes over time
Recommendations (100KB PDF)
Appendixes
Complete indicator matrix
National Health Priority Areas - diabetes indicators
List of jurisdictions and consumers consulted
End matter (323KB PDF) : References; List of tables; List of boxes