Changes in Treatment Satisfaction Over 3 Years in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes After Initiating Second-line Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Context

J-DISCOVER is a prospective observational cohort study aiming to understand the current management of patients with early-stage type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Japan, enrolling patients initiating second-line treatment.

Objective

The current analysis examined the change in treatment satisfaction during the study period and factors affecting this change among patients in J-DISCOVER.

Methods

We used data from the J-DISCOVER study, in which 1798 patients with T2DM aged ≥ 20 years were enrolled from 142 sites across Japan. Treatment satisfaction was assessed using the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ).

Results

The mean DTSQ treatment satisfaction score increased from 25.9 points at baseline to 27.3 points at 6 months, which was maintai

SUBMITTER: Mita T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387712 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature