A small-scale questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study was conducted to gauge knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding use of digitalized data to manage patients with diabetes in ten family physicians working as freelance consultants in Rawalpindi / Islamabad. The Study was done in collaboration with University of Cumbria United Kingdom (UK) for a period of six months. The total sample size comprised of ten respondents. The data was consolidated and analyzed using Microsoft Excel. Analysis was descriptive in nature. A vast majority of respondents (80%) replied that they were aware of the importance of digitalized data while one (10%) said that they were not aware and one (10%) responded that they were somewhat aware. It is imperative that the health system be improved in Pakistan scientifically through use of digitalized data in clinical medicine.

Keywords: Diabetes, Data Management, Digitalized Data

How to Cite This:

Khan SA. Digitalized Data in Effective Management of Diabetes: A Structured Survey of Family Physicians in Islamabad / Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Isra Med J.2022; 14(4): 165-166. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55282/imj.sc56

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