Development of a complex intervention to promote appropriate prescribing and medication intensification in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus in Irish general practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can be seen as failure to meet recommended targets for management of key risk factors including glycaemic control, blood pressure and lipids. Poor control of risk factors is associated with significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Failure to intensify medications for patients with poor control of T2DM when indicated is called clinical inertia and is one contributory factor to poor control of T2DM. We aimed to develop a theory and evidence-based complex intervention to improve appropriate prescribing and medication intensification in poorly controlled T2DM in Irish general practice.

Methods

The first stage of the Medical Research Council Framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions was

SUBMITTER: Murphy ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5602930 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature