Social stigma affecting non-adherence of insulin therapy for type 2 diabetes management

• In: Posters: Community Pharmacy: Better outcomes for tomorrow
• At: Bangkok (Thailand) (2014)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS099
• By: CHAI, Jim (The University Of Nottingham, School of Pharmacy, Semenyih, Malaysia)
• Co-author(s): Anderson, Claire (The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom)
  Wong, Kok Thong (The University Of Nottingham, Semenyih, Malaysia)
  Hussein, Zanariah (Putrajaya Hospital, Putrajaya, Malaysia)
  
• Abstract:

  Insulin therapy has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality when introduced to suitable type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients at an early stage, or aggressively enough to achieve their glycaemic control. Malaysian data shows that many T2DM patients are not achieving Hba1c of 6.5% as recommended by the ministry of health but very few people ..

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