"Evaluation of the factors affecting adherence to medicines among the patients of Diabetes Mellitus in a Northern India hospitalâ€

Recruiting

• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 1 and 2)

• Registration Number: CTRI/2016/07/007074
• Lead Sponsor: Government Medical College Patiala

Brief Summary

Compliance of patients is amajor problem in the management of chronic diseases like Diabetes mellitus.Various factors related with the compromise in the compliance of patients arecost, frequency and side effects of medications as well as the awareness aboutthe complications of the disease. The study will be aimed at investigating thevarious other factors affecting compliance among the diabetic patientsin Northern India. It will be aquestionnaire-based cross-sectional study. Questionnaires will be administeredto the patients attending Medicine department at Rajindra Hospital, GovernmentMedical College, Patiala. All the observations made will be statisticallyanalysed using appropriate tests.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-06-19
• Last Update Posted: 2016-06-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

1)Age ≥18 years of age; 2)having type 1 DM/ type 2 DM; 3)providing informed consents; and 4)having diabetes for at least one year.

Exclusion Criteria

• 1)Patients with severe cognitive problems.
• 2)Lack of patient’s consent to participate in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Monitoring of HbA1C levels	At the time of recruitment (Day 0)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Monitoring various factors affecting the level of HbA1C	At the time of recruitment (Day 0)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rajindra Hospital; 🇮🇳 Patiala, PUNJAB, India

Rajindra Hospital

🇮🇳Patiala, PUNJAB, India

Dr Prashant

Principal investigator

8427258812

cool1988pacific@gmail.com