For the most important examinations, minimum frequencies have been
defined. It is checked how well those requirements have been
fulfilled
. Four different minimum frequencies are used: Six
months for the control of the patient's systolic (rrsys,
verlauf) and diastolic (rrdia, verlauf) blood pressure,
height (gros, verlauf), weight (gew, verlauf),
insulin injection sites (spritz_unt, verlauf), and his HbA-.7ex1c
(hba1c, verlauf), twelve months for the check of his
cholesterol level (chol, verlauf), also twelve months for
albuminuria (urin_album, ualbumin) and eye checks
(aug_dia_l and aug_dia_r, verlauf) of patients that
are at least eleven years old or have diabetes mellitus for at least
five years, and finally yearly questions about smoking
(rauchen, verlauf) if the patient is at least eleven years
old.