Pill Burden in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Germany: Subanalysis From the Prospective, Noninterventional PROVIL Study

Autor: Markus Dworak, Simone Dannenmaier, Ira Kurz, Matthias Blüher
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Clinical Diabetes : A Publication of the American Diabetes Association
ISSN: 1945-4953
0891-8929
Popis: IN BRIEF Type 2 diabetes and its associated comorbidities often require polypharmacotherapy, which may result in poor adherence to treatment. This study evaluated, using subjective patient and physician questionnaire surveys, the impact of pill burden and its associated consequences on patients treated with vildagliptin as add-on to metformin, a fixed-dose combination of vildagliptin/metformin, or another dual oral antidiabetic therapy. Patients’ responses were also analyzed by age (
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