An audit of people admitted to hospital with diabetes and coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): data collection methods. The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Nationwide Audit

Authors

  • Dinesh Nagi Edna Coates Diabetes and Endocrine Unit, Pinderfields Hospital, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust Wakefield
  • Robert EJ Ryder Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK
  • Yue Ruan Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UK
  • Benjamin CT Field Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (ORCiD 0000-0002-1883-1588) Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Redhill, Surrey, UK
  • Parth Narendran Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK Diabetes Centre, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
  • Rajiv Gandhi Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  • Sophie Harris Diabetes and Endocrinology Department, King’s College Hospital, UK
  • Kinga A Várnai Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UK 1Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK
  • Jim Davies Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UK Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
  • Sarah H Wild Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
  • Emma G Wilmot Diabetes Department, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT, Derby, UK University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
  • Kamlesh Khunti University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester General Hospital
  • Rustam Rea Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK Oxford NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UK

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15277/bjd.2021.299

Keywords:

COVID-19, diabetes, pandemic, COVID-Audit, risk factors and mortality, ABCD nationwide Audit

Abstract

We describe the rationale, aims and objectives and the methodology of data collection for the ABCD nationwide audit of individuals admitted to hospital with coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19) and diabetes. The audit was inspired and undertaken by the urgent need to understand the clinical course of COVID-19 in patients with diabetes admitted to hospital in the UK during the pandemic. We wished to understand the clinical behaviour of diabetes per se, post hospital admission and the factors with may be associated with admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and death due to COVID-19. This was a clinically-led audit. We used existing infrastructure and expertise to collect data using an electronic tool specifically designed and piloted by the steering group members. The clinical variables were chosen to fulfil the main aim of this audit as stated above, and factors influencing the clinical course of COVID-19 in individuals with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the time of admission to hospital and during the whole length of stay, until discharge or death from COVID-19. The data collected so far represent a large, multicentre audit with more than 3,500 admissions during the pandemic. We plan to continue collecting additional data and publish ongoing reports of interest to diabetes clinicians with the aim of enhancing knowledge and understanding and thereby improving clinical care of, and outcomes for, people with diabetes who are admitted to hospital with COVID-19 in the UK.

Author Biography

Dinesh Nagi, Edna Coates Diabetes and Endocrine Unit, Pinderfields Hospital, Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust Wakefield

Honorary Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology

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2021-05-28

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