STUDY GROUP
on Primary Care Research in Diabetology
an EASD & PCD EUROPE collaboration
Study Group Application Form:

• To encourage high quality research into clinical, psychological and organisational aspects on diabetology in primary care
• To build a European network of primary care researchers, with wide interests on diabetes 
• To share research findings.

Areas of interest:

• Epidemiological studies: incidence and prevalence in different European countries and all different methodological aspects to calculate
• Treatment outcomes and evaluations of new treatment options
• Patient adherence to treatment plans
• Screening and early detection of diabetes and its complications
• Expectations and perspectives of people living with diabetes, their families and their health professionals
• Quality of life in individuals with diabetes
• Social inequities in minority groups suffering from diabetes
• Influences of the different European health care systems on health outcomes
• Effectiveness and cost effectiveness of different models of health care delivery on diabetes health outcomes

Methodology:

Both quantitative and qualitative studies are seen as of value on the condition of a correct design and analysis.

Exchange of ideas:

Researchers should meet annually and discuss their current research topics, in order to combine efforts on the same focus of interest and to look for combined international grant applications.

Prof. Torsten Lauritzen – vice-chairman
University of Aarhus 
Dept.of General Practice 
Vennelyst Boulevard 6 
8000 Aarhus C 
Denmark t
l@alm.au.dk

Dr Kamlesh Khunti – honorary secretary
Leicester General Hospital
Dpt. Of General Practice and PHC 
Gwendolen Road 
LE5 4PW Leicester 
United Kingdom 
kk22@leicester.ac.uk

Dr Pinar Topsever 
Dr Pinar Topsever
Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
Umuttepe Campus
Eski Istanbul Yolu 10.km
41380 Izmit/ Kocaeli
Turkey
topsever@gmail.com