Epidemiologic Register on Diabetes and COVID-19 in Tunisia

It is a multicentric Tunisian observatory for COVID-19 patients. Confirmed COVID-19 patients, treated on an outpatient basis, in containment centers or hospitalized in COVID-19 units were included retrospectively from March 2020 and had continued prospectively til June 2022. The study had selected eligible patient recorded for inclusion by free practice physicians and hospital physicians. General data, medical history, epidemiological characteristics, clinical examination, biological assessment (blood glucose, NFS, CRP, D-dimer, etc.), clinical course and complications were therefore recorded in a structured and anonymized database. Data collection was carried out by DACIMA Clinical Suite® solution, in accordance with the normative and regulatory provisions in force in the management of health data.

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of COVID-19 infection confirmed by an evocative clinical picture according to INEAS score or a positive polymerase chain reaction [PCR] test and/or chest CT specific radiological signs and/or a rapid diagnostic antigen test.
• Diabetes known before COVID-19 (known diabetes patient before COVID-19: Diabetic patient before COVID-19: History in medical record and/or presence of antidiabetic therapy and/or HbA1c ≥ 6.5%).

or

• De novo diabetes (the de novo diabetic patient is defined as: Fasting blood glucose ≥ 1.26 g/L (7mmol/L) or postprandial blood glucose ≥ 2g/L (11.1 mmol/L) within 2 weeks of COVID-19 infection, no history of diabetes before the COVID-19 episode)).

Exclusion criteria

• children
• pregnant women