Giandalia, A.
Nicolucci, A.
Modugno, M.
Lucisano, G.
Rossi, M. C.
Manicardi, V.
Rocca, A.
Di Cianni, G.
Di Bartolo, P.
Candido, R.
Cucinotta, D.
Russo, G. T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
AMD Associazione Medici Diabetologi Italy
Article History
Received: 17 July 2023
Accepted: 9 January 2024
First Online: 5 March 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: Data for this analysis comes from the database of the Annals Initiative of the Italian Association of Medical Diabetologists (AMD, Associazione Medici Diabetologi). The database includes clinical information on all patients with diabetes receiving care at 295 diabetes centers in Italy. Patients and centers are identified by numeric codes, and analysis is centralized. Participating centers share a software developed to extract information from electronic medical records. Data are centrally collected and analyzed anonymously. Due to the methodology of data extraction, the center, patients and all data are anonymous and there is no possibility of tracing the patient's name. Local ethics committees of each participating center approved the study protocol. The project is conducted without allocation of extra resources or financial incentives.
: The AMD Annals Initiative database is anonymous by study-design and the analysis is retrospective. Given the nature of the study, based on the Italian regulations, the signature of the informed consent was not requested.