Layla Alhyas

Imperial College London | Imperial · Department of Primary Care and Public Health

We aimed to identify facilitators of and barriers to healthcare professionals' motivation in a diabetes centre in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A qualitative research approach was employed using semistructured interviews to assess perception of and attitudes regarding healthcare professionals' motivation in providing good quality diabetes care. A...

We aimed to examine the quality of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) care in Al-Ain, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A retrospective cohort study from 2008 to 2010. A diabetes centre located in a tertiary care hospital in Al-Ain, UAE. People with T2DM receiving care from the diabetes centre. 382 Emirates patients with T2DM were included in the ana...

The recent and ongoing worldwide expansion in prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) is a considerable risk to individuals, health systems and economies. The increase in prevalence has been particularly marked in the states of the Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), and these trends are set to continue. We aimed to systematica...

Search strategy. (DOCX)

Summary of glycaemic control. (DOCX)

PRISMA 2009 flow diagram. (DOC)

Summary of intervention studies. (DOCX)

Study quality assessment. (DOCX)

Summary of lipid control. (DOCX)

PRISMA 2009 checklist. (DOC)

Summary of BP control. (DOCX)

Research questions for quality of type 2 diabetes management in the GCC countries using PICO. (DOCX)

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a growing, worldwide public health concern. Recent growth has been particularly dramatic in the states of The Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), and these and other developing economies are at particular risk. We aimed to systematically review the quality of control of type 2 diabetes in the GCC,...

To examine the prevalence of risk factors for diabetes and its complications in the Co-operation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) region. Systematic review. Co-operation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) states (United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait). Residents of the GCC states participating in stu...