@article{Tentolouris2019-er,
title = {Management of diabetes mellitus and patients' attitude towards
the disease: Data from a nationwide study in Greece},
author = {Anastasios Tentolouris and Ioanna Eleftheriadou and Evangelia Tzeravini and Kostas Athanasakis and Ioanna A Anastasiou and John Kyriopoulos and Nikolaos Tentolouris},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Diabetes Metab Syndr},
volume = {13},
number = {2},
pages = {1159--1164},
address = {Netherlands},
abstract = {AIM: To examine management of diabetes mellitus (DM) and
patients' attitude towards DM in a random sample of the adult
Greek population. METHODS: s: We selected a random sample of adults with self-reported DM (n = 1002) from a population-based
nationwide study using the effective random sampling technique.
Collection of data was performed through phone interviews.
RESULTS: Prevalence of type 1 DM was 3.5% and of type 2 DM
96.5%. Prevalence of type 1 DM declined while of type 2 DM
increased with age. No gender or residency differences were found
between type 1 and type 2 DM. A total of 72.0% of subjects with
type 2 DM were treated with oral antidiabetic drugs (OAD), 11.5%
were treated with insulin and 7.1% were treated with both OAD
and insulin. Internists specialized in DM were mainly doctors who
started insulin treatment. Almost half of insulin naive subjects
were skeptical towards insulin initiation and their main concern
was the needle punch. CONCLUSIONS: In a random nationwide sample
of the adult population in Greece the majority of subjects with
self-reported DM had type 2 DM. Most patients with type 2 were
treated with OAD. Almost half of insulin naive subjects were
skeptical towards insulin initiation.},
keywords = {Attitude; Diabetes mellitus; Greece; Insulin concerns; Management; Prevalence; Self-monitoring of blood glucose; Treatment patterns},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
AIM: To examine management of diabetes mellitus (DM) and
patients' attitude towards DM in a random sample of the adult
Greek population. METHODS: s: We selected a random sample of adults with self-reported DM (n = 1002) from a population-based
nationwide study using the effective random sampling technique.
Collection of data was performed through phone interviews.
RESULTS: Prevalence of type 1 DM was 3.5% and of type 2 DM
96.5%. Prevalence of type 1 DM declined while of type 2 DM
increased with age. No gender or residency differences were found
between type 1 and type 2 DM. A total of 72.0% of subjects with
type 2 DM were treated with oral antidiabetic drugs (OAD), 11.5%
were treated with insulin and 7.1% were treated with both OAD
and insulin. Internists specialized in DM were mainly doctors who
started insulin treatment. Almost half of insulin naive subjects
were skeptical towards insulin initiation and their main concern
was the needle punch. CONCLUSIONS: In a random nationwide sample
of the adult population in Greece the majority of subjects with
self-reported DM had type 2 DM. Most patients with type 2 were
treated with OAD. Almost half of insulin naive subjects were
skeptical towards insulin initiation.