Socioeconomic factors associated with poor medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aims to determine initiation and persistence for patients with type 2 diabetes receiving their first prescription of an antidiabetic agent and the associations with socioeconomic factors.

Methods

A cohort study including 8515 patients with type 2 diabetes who were prescribed their first antidiabetic medication between 2012 and 2019 in Uppsala, Sweden, was followed during 2 years. Medical records were linked to national registers on dispensed drugs and socioeconomic data. Adherence was assessed based on patients' medication claims within 30 days of prescription (initiation) and continued claims after 24 months (persistence). Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the associations with the socioeconomic factors age, sex, living status, count

SUBMITTER: Ekenberg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10781833 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature