The quality of care for type 2 diabetes mellitus management in Malaysian primary health care settings: A scoping review of ABC (glycated haemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, and LDL-cholesterol)

Mohamad Zulfikrie Abas; Norshahiratul Atiqah Mohd Zaidi; Pei Jia Lee; Xin Rou Teh; Kim Sui Wan; Azah Abdul Samad; Huan Keat Chan; Sheamini Sivasampu; Swee Hung Ang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0355227

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The quality of care for type 2 diabetes mellitus management in Malaysian primary health care settings: A scoping review of ABC (glycated haemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, and LDL-cholesterol)

Mohamad Zulfikrie Abas ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zulfikrie@moh.gov.my

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9170-2099

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Norshahiratul Atiqah Mohd Zaidi,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9042-5618

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Pei Jia Lee,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Xin Rou Teh,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Kim Sui Wan,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Azah Abdul Samad,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Primer Health Branch, Family Health Development Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia
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Huan Keat Chan,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
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Sheamini Sivasampu,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: National Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-6048

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Swee Hung Ang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health Malaysia, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6676-6269

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The quality of care for type 2 diabetes mellitus management in Malaysian primary health care settings: A scoping review of ABC (glycated haemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, and LDL-cholesterol)

Mohamad Zulfikrie Abas,
Norshahiratul Atiqah Mohd Zaidi,
Pei Jia Lee,
Xin Rou Teh,
Kim Sui Wan,
Azah Abdul Samad,
Huan Keat Chan,
Sheamini Sivasampu,
Swee Hung Ang

Published: July 31, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0355227

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