A qualitative study on non-adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents in type 2 diabetics

Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Hawaii

INTRODUCTION Adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents is essential to reducing the poor health outcomes of populations at high risk for developing diabetes and its chronic complications. The goal of this study was to identify characteristics of patients in Hawaii least likely to adhere to oral hypoglycemic agents. METHODS This retrospective administrative data analysis included prescription refi...

A Study on Drug Utilization of Oral Hypoglycemic Agents in Type-2 Diabetic Patients

Objective: To evaluate drug utilization pattern of oral hypoglycemic agents in Type-2 diabetic outpatients. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was carried out in 202 out patients for a period of 9 months in a tertiary care hospital. Patients treated with oral hypoglycemic agents were used for the study. The demographic data, disease data and utilization of different classes of oral hypo...

Adherence to Hypoglycemic Medication among Insulin-Treated Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Patterns of Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents and Glucose Control among Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

Researchers sought to examine whether there are patterns of oral hypoglycemic-agent adherence among primary-care patients with type 2 diabetes that are related to patient characteristics and clinical outcomes. Longitudinal analysis via growth curve mixture modeling was carried out to classify 180 patients who participated in an adherence intervention according to patterns of adherence to oral h...

Patterns and obstacles to oral antidiabetic medications adherence among type 2 diabetics in Ismailia, Egypt: a cross section study

INTRODUCTION Diabetes is a costly and increasingly common chronic disease. Effective management of diabetes to achieve glycemic control improves patient quality of life. Adherence rates to drug regimens in patients with type 2 diabetes are relatively low and vary widely between populations. There are many factors that could affect patient adherence to drug therapy. The aim of the present study ...