Prevalence of Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes and Comorbidities in Qatar, 2018-2022

84,512 adult patient records with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) from Qatar's public primary care settings were analyzed over a five-year period from January 2018 to December 2022. The dataset, created by Ahmed Sameer Alnuaimi and shared on figshare, focuses on HbA1c levels to assess disease control and examines associations with age, sex, nationality, and comorbidities. The study found a stable 53% yearly prevalence of inadequately controlled T2DM during the last three years of observation.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in uncontrolled diabetes prevalence based on the five-year time series.
• Predicting risk of uncontrolled T2DM based on demographic factors like age, sex, and nationality mentioned in the description.
• Investigating the association between specific comorbidities (hypertension, dyslipidemia, retinopathy) and diabetes control outcomes.

Strengths

• Based on a substantial cohort of 84,512 adult patient records.
• Covers a defined five-year period from 2018 to 2022.
• Includes specific clinical outcome measures (HbA1c ≥7%) and comorbidity data.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, suggesting it may contain aggregated or summary statistics rather than raw patient-level data.
• Geographic scope is limited to Qatar's public primary care system.

Provenance

Source

Electronic Health Records from public primary care settings in Qatar.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional review of EHRs for patients with at least one HbA1c test per year.

Time Range

January 1, -2018 to December 31, -2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 17:34:37; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Qatar