Adherence to oral hypoglycaemic agents among type-2 diabetes patients of Turkish descent

Scientific attention for medication adherence among people with chronic diseases has grown exponentially during the last decades. Despite the fact that the prevalence of DM is higher in non-White ethnic minorities only few studies on adherence to OHA in these populations were published. In chapter 1 (section 2), we presented the results of our systematic literature review on adherence to OHA in non-White ethnic minorities. Demographic, disease-related, treatment-related, socioeconomic and cultural factors were associated with adherence to OHA in the non-White ethnic minorities under study. How... Mehr ...