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Observational studyEndocrinology, diabetes & metabolism2022

Adherence, control of cardiometabolic factors and therapeutic inertia in patients with type 2 diabetes in the primary care setting.

Domingo Orozco-Beltrán, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo, José Escribano-Serrano, Flora López-Simarro, Gonzalo Fernández, Antón Gómez García, Karine Ferreira de Campos, Marta Cedenilla Horcajuelo

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  2. Disease and Economic Burden of Poor Metabolic and Weight Control in Type 2 Diabetes in Spain: A Systematic Literature Review.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Domingo Orozco-BeltránMedicina de Familia, Departamento de Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Sergio Cinza-SanjurjoMedicina de Familia, Centro de Salud Porto do Son. Porto do Son, La Coruña, Spain.
José Escribano-SerranoMedicina de Familia, Centro de Salud San Roque. San Roque, Cádiz, Spain.
Flora López-SimarroMedicina de Familia, ABS Martorell Urbano. Institut Català de la Salut, Martorell, Spain.
Gonzalo FernándezGlobal Medical and Scientific Affairs, MSD Spain, Madrid, Spain.
Antón Gómez GarcíaGlobal Medical and Scientific Affairs, MSD Spain, Madrid, Spain.
Karine Ferreira de CamposGlobal Medical and Scientific Affairs, MSD Spain, Madrid, Spain.
Marta Cedenilla HorcajueloGlobal Medical and Scientific Affairs, MSD Spain, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0584-2245

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionStudies on treatment adherence to glucose-lowering drugs among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) including concomitant treatment for other cardiovascular risk factors are scarce. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of good adherence to all medications used to control diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia and to analyse cardiometabolic control and its associated factors in T2D patients in the primary care (PC) setting.

methodsObservational, retrospective study conducted in adult patients with T2D who were followed in the PC setting in Spain. Patients were classified as adherent in a particular category if the summary of the proportion of days covered (PDC) for a particular medication category was ≥80% and were considered globally adherent if the PDC was ≥80% for each of the 3 medication categories.

resultsA total of 457 evaluable patients were recruited, among which 321 patients (70.3%, 95% CI 65.8 to 74.4) were adherent to the three drug categories. The proportion of patients controlled for the 3 cardiometabolic risk factors was 31% according to the contemporary clinical practice guideline criteria, 58% according to investigator judgment and 36% when the objective for HbA1c was individualized. In a multivariate analysis, presenting comorbidities was associated with a lower likelihood of showing adequate control of dyslipidemia (odds ratio [OR] 0.25, 95% CI, 0.16-0.40) and the three cardiometabolic factors as a whole (OR 0.43, 95% CI 0.26-0.70). In a post hoc analysis, therapeutic inertia was found to be greater for dyslipidemia and hypertension than for T2D.

conclusionsDespite a relatively high adherence to all medications for treating diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia in patients with T2D in the PC setting in Spain, the control of cardiometabolic risk factors as a whole is far from optimal. This could be related, at least in part, to the high frequency of comorbidity of these patients.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2DyslipidemiasHypertensionAdultHumansMedication AdherencePrimary Health CareRetrospective Studiesadherencediabetesdyslipidemiatherapeutic inertia

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PMCPMC8917867

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