Clinical inertia in type 2 diabetes management in a middle-income country: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical inertia can lead to poor glycemic control among type 2 diabetes patients. However, there is paucity of information on clinical inertia in low- and middle-income countries including Malaysia. This study aimed to determine the time to treatment intensification among T2D patients with HbA1c of ≥7% (≥53 mmol/mol) in Malaysian public health clinics. The proportion of patients with treatment intensification and its associated factors were also determined.

Material and methods

This was a five-year retrospective open cohort study using secondary data from the National Diabetes Registry. The study setting was all public health clinics (n = 47) in the state of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Time to treatment intensification was defined as the number of years from the i

SUBMITTER: Wan KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7546487 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature