Table 2 Characteristics of studies reporting the prevalence of diabetes or complications among adults in the Republic of Ireland, 1998-2011
Author | Year of data collection | Study design | National or regional | Setting | Population | Sampling frame | Sampling method | Sample size | Males (%) | Age (years) | Study quality (out of 9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Kelliher et al. [28] | 2003 | Cross-sectional | National | National Council for Blind Ireland (NCBI) | All person registered blind | NCBI database | Total sample | 6826 | - | Adults | 8 |
Buckley et al. [29] | 2009 | Cross-sectional | National | Population | People with diabetes | Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) dataset | Total sample | 723551 | - | ≥20 years | 9 |
Marsden et al. [34] | 2008-2009 | Audit | Regional | 20 general practices | Patients with T1 & T2 DM registered with diabetes structure care programme | Practice patient list | Every second person from list | 1071 | 51.9 | 63 (sd 13) | 5 |
Hurley et al. [30] | 2008-2009 | Cross-sectional analysis of longitudinal study | Regional | General practices with diabetes nurse | Patients with T1 & T2 DM | Practice diabetes register | Researchers selected eligible participants | 563 | 60 | 64 (sd 13.4) | 6 |
Farrell & Moran [31] | 2010 | Cross-sectional | Regional | 30 general practices | T2 DM | Diabetes imitative database | Stratified sampling | 309 | - | - | 5 |
Tracey et al. [32] | 2009-2011 | Cross-sectional analysis of longitudinal study | National | Household | General population | Geodirectory | Multi-stage probability | 8175 | 53 | ≥50 | 8 |
McHugh et al. [33] | 2011 | Cross-sectional | Regional | 30 general practices | Patients with T1 & T2 DM | Practice patient list | All persons with T1&T2DM invited | 1542 | 57.3 | 65 (sd 13) | 7 |