Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic condition of chronic hyperglycemia, which if not treated correctly can lead to macro and microvascular complications. Worldwide approximately 400 million people have diabetes, which represents 8% of the adult population. Diabetes is broadly divided into type 1 and the more common type 2 forms (~90%), However there are also other types of diabetes such as secondary (e.g. steroid medications), gestational and monogenic (or Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young (MODY)). Several studies have suggested the prevalance of MODY (~1%) is underestimated in clinical practice (often misdiagnosed as type 1 or even type 2) and therefore patients are receiving inappropriate management, as it is often optimally treated with different care algorithms than type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Therefore the aim of this work is to identify undiagnosed MODY patients in a digital repository of all patients with diabetes at a large tertiary academic medical facility in the West of Ireland. Their management will then be tailored to their specific form of diabetes (e.g. screening / antidiabetic medications), which will improve their healthcare outcomes.
