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An observational study of clinical inertia among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care hospital.
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- Impact of Therapeutic Inertia on Glycemic Control and Diabetes-Related Complications in Type 2 Diabetes: A 3-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
- Treatment Initiation and Modification Among Patients Diagnosed With Dyslipidemia: Prevalence and Associated Factors.Journal of lipid and atherosclerosis · 2026Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Clinical inertia is a lack of treatment intensification despite a failure to achieve appropriate targets using a current management strategy. Research focusing on the clinical inertia in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) remains scant. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with clinical inertia among patients with T2DM. Material and methods: This observational study was conducted in a tertiary teaching hospital using medical records. T2DM patients attending the outpatient clinic between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017 were included. Failure to intensify the diabetes treatment of the participants was assessed. For this study, clinical inertia was defined as any T2DM patient event with an glycated haemoglobin (HbA Results: Of 5756 T2DM outpatients, 994 patients were enrolled in this study, with 26.2% of patients presenting clinical inertia. This study found that factors associated with lower clinical inertia were the use of insulin, higher HbA Conclusions: Clinical inertia is a problem of T2DM treatment. Strategies should be developed to decrease this problem.
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