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An Assessment of Anti-hyperglycemic Drug Utilization Patterns and Adherence to AACE/ACE 2015 Guidelines in South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

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  1. 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
  2. 2Department of Microbiology, KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
  3. 3Department of Pharmacology, KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.

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Siddhartha Nuthakki

Department of Pharmacy Practice, KVSR Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.

siddharthanuthakki@ gmail.com

Volume 9, Issue 4 · pp. 225-230 · 2016 · DOI: 10.5530/ijopp.9.4.3

ABSTRACT

Aim: To compare adherence to American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) 2015 guidelines for diabetes care in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India.Method: In this prospective observational study, 415 prescriptions of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients were collected in Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences (PSIMS) hospital from January 2015 and June 2015. Medication adherence to AACE/ACE guidelines was assessed based on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1C) values.Results: A total of 201 (48.4%) male and 214 (51.6%) female patients were identified. The mean age was 53.57 ± 10.77 years (male) and 53.69 ± 10.71 years (females). Patients with HbA1C 9.0% (30.4%, male; 19.2%, female). Hypertension (HTN) (39.8%, male; 39.7%, female) is the most predominant co-morbidity, followed by patients with both HTN and cardio vascular diseases (CVDs) (9.4%, male; 9.8%, female). Insulin was prescribed to control hyperglycaemia in most of the cases (40.0%) followed by dual therapy (26.9%) and triple therapy (17.8%). The overall adherence rate was 88.3% for patients with HbA1C 9%(P<0.0001).Conclusion: Optimal medication adherence is the ultimate goal to control the hyperglycemia in DM. The present study results revealed that the anti-diabetic medication adherence to AACE/ACE 2015 guidelines were optimal by the prescribers.

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    Nuthakki, S., Pendyala, S., Vallabhu, C., Kilaru, N., Challa, S. R., & Pingili, R. (2016). An Assessment of Anti-hyperglycemic Drug Utilization Patterns and Adherence to AACE/ACE 2015 Guidelines in South Indian Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital. Indian Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 9(4), 225-230. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijopp.9.4.3

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