Predicted risk of death and frequency of outpatient follow-up visits in diabetes clinics. Insight from the large, real-life Italian AMD-Annals database
Authors' conclusion
The frequency of follow-up visits at diabetes clinics for people with diabetes (scheduled according to empirical practices) is not associated with the predicted risk of death, a measurable indicator of individual's need of care.
Study context
- Population
- Italian patients with T2D attending AMD-Annals diabetes clinics, 2017–2023complete risk-score data
- Participants
- 45,676 patients
- Outcome
- Association of annual number of outpatient visits with predicted risk of death (ENFORCE and RECODe all-cause mortality equations)
- Follow-up
- 2021-2023
Methodological detailsreal-life database, multicentre, validation sample 2017-2019
- Real-life database
- Multicentre
- Validation sample 2017-2019
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Annual number of visits vs predicted risk of death
- Annual number of visits not associated with risk of death predicted by ENFORCE or RECODe, in univariate and multivariate models
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Annual number of visits vs predicted risk of death (validation period) · 2017-2019
- No association with either algorithm
Original publication
Predicted risk of death and frequency of outpatient follow-up visits in diabetes clinics. Insight from the large, real-life Italian AMD-Annals database. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 13 July 2026. doi:10.
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