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Re: Abnormally Low Hemoglobin A1c as Harbinger of HemoglobinopathyRe: Primary Care Practices’ Implementation of Patient-Team Partnership: Findings from EvidenceNOW Southwest

Rujittika Mungmungpuntipantip, Stephany Eufrazio Bitencourt, Viroj Wiwanitkit, Débora Rodrigues de Aguiar, Aline Baggio and Chaiana Esmeraldino Mendes Marcon
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 342; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190412
Rujittika Mungmungpuntipantip
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Dear Editor, we found that the article titled, “Low Hemoglobin A1c as Harbinger of Hemoglobinopathy,” very interesting.1 We would like to share ideas on this report. Regarding the abnormal low hemoglobin A1c level, there are many possible cause. It might relate to malnutrition or too strict diabetes contrl.2–3 In the present case,1 the problem is due to background personal illness of the patient. In fact, the aberration of hemoglobin A1c level due to hemoglobinopathy is a common problem in any settings with high prevalence of hemoglobin disorder.4 The interference of abnormal hemoglobin on laboratory analysis is confirmed and quantification of hemoglobin A1c level is usually altered in various ways, either aberrant low or high.4–5 For monitoring of diabetes control in the setting with high prevalence of hemoglobinopathy, fructosamine is recommended.2 This should be applied for management of any patient with background origin from endemic countries such as those countries in Southeast Asia and Africa.

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  • To see this article online, please go to: http://jabfm.org/content/33/2/342.full.

  • Conflicts of interest: None

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Re: Primary Care Practices’ Implementation of Patient-Team Partnership: Findings from EvidenceNOW Southwest

The article presents the patient-team partnership as very effective in recognizing patients’ contributions in decision making and respecting patients’ goals and social context. This conclusion was very well evidenced by the present study, which deals with a research initiative to improve primary care practices in Colorado and New Mexico, funded by the Agency for Research and Quality in Health.1

A study by Wagner and colleagues2 corroborates with this study, since it correlates the doctor-team-patient relationship with the patient-centered model as a way to promote and include self-management support. The results of this study add to our understanding that careful attention—and action—in the work-culture and readiness for transformation can create more favorable starting conditions for effort to change practice thus improving self-management support in primary care practices.2

This way, we can realize the importance of patient-team partnership in the health context—prevention, illness and cure—however, in Brazil this partnership is not so evident, nor effective. The study by Katiucha and collaborators3 supports this fact, since, through a qualitative, descriptive study, with 26 health professionals from the HIV/AIDS Therapeutic Home Care and Family Health Strategy teams 8 patients/caregivers, this demonstrates that the teams do not develop integrated actions, but believe in improving the quality of care, if care were joint, and concludes that it is necessary to promote, with institutional support, the articulation of the teams to achieve integration and, consequently, the reach of humanized and quality assistance.

Therefore, the current study presents considerable data that show us the importance of the doctor-team-patient relationship, especially regarding the progression and prognosis of chronic diseases, and also provides us with foundation for the implementation of such practice more effectively in primary care in health in Brazil.

Notes

  • To see this article online, please go to: http://jabfm.org/content/33/2/342.full.

  • The above letter was referred to the authors of the article in question, who declined to respond.

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    . Implementing risk stratification in primary care: challenges and strategies. J Am Board Fam Med 2019;32:585–595.
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    1. Katiucha MM,
    2. Maurício AP,
    3. Sônia Maria OA
    . The integration of care: difficulties and perspectives. J Nurs UFPE Online. April 2019. Available from: https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/view/238305/31811. Accessed November 7, 2019.
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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2020, 33 (2) 342; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190412

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2020, 33 (2) 342; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190412
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