Medication Adherence and Clinical Outcomes towards Oral Hypoglycemic Agents among type II Diabetic Cohort

Medication adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents among type II diabetic patients and their clinical outcomes with special reference to fasting blood glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin levels.

BACKGROUND Oral hypoglycemic agents (OHAs) are the major treatment for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). However, non-adherence to OHAs remains as one of the main reasons for poor glycemic control. OBJECTIVES To assess the adherence pattern to OHAs and clinical outcomes with special reference to fasting blood glucose (FBG) level and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. METHODS ...

Medication Adherence to Oral Hypoglycemic Agents Among Type II Diabetic Patients and Their Clinical Outcomes with Special Reference to Fasting Blood Glucose and Glycosylated Hemoglobin Levels

OHAs had been discontinued by 25% of patients. Overall 38% had ever discontinued and/ or often missed OHAs. Intentional discontinuation of OHAs attributed for 72% of the patients, followed by forgetfulness (42.9%), carelessness (30.6%), and hypoglycemia, (24%). There were 50.50% patients who had uncontrolled FBG (>130 mg/dl) level and 39% had uncontrolled HbA1c (≥ 7%) level. Taking reference ag...

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

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...

Evaluation of Medication Adherence and its Related Factors among Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Background and Objective: Diabetes is the most common chronic metabolic disease in the world and one of its control principles is the patient's adherence to the physician's treatment recommendations. This study aimed to determine the adherence to medication treatment and related factors in type 2 diabetic patients referring to the Diabetes Clinic of Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Hamadan, Iran, in 2...