Health Condition 1: E118- Type 2 diabetes mellitus with unspecified complications
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Lucknow Diabetes Study Society
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: a) Diabetes patient who has received pharmacological (allopathic) treatment for more than one month at any time since diagnosis of diabetes, as per ADA guidelines. b) Patientâ??s age at the time of giving consent should be > 18 years c) Willing to accept & sign informed consent before data collection / documentation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: a) Patient on alternative medicine only. b) Recent acute illness within one month (before the date of enrolling in the present study) requiring hospitalization. c) Illiterate persons. Not able to understand and comply with instructions. d) Patients unable to do self-care, self-administration of medication or have poor cognitive functions.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To develop a validated questionnaire in two languages (Hindi and English) to evaluate the prevalence of treatment discontinuation among diabetes patientsTimepoint: 6 months or target sample size | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess factors associated with discontinuation of anti-diabetic medicationTimepoint: 6 months or target sample size | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Vivek Agarwal
RR Diabetes and Heart Care Centre
Outcome results
None listed