WHY DO PATIENTS DELAY THEIR ANTI-DIABETIC MEDICATIONS? –NEPALESE PATIENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF TREATMENT FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES

• In: Poster Session
• At: Düsseldorf (Germany) (2015)
• Type: Poster
• By: SAPKOTA, Sujata (The University of Sydney, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sydney, Australia)
• Co-author(s): Sujata Sapkota
  
• Abstract:

  Patients' perceptions about their medications significantly influence their treatment adherence. 
  

   

  Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 48 adults of Nepalese origin with type 2 diabetes.  All interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically content analysed.     

  Perceptions of the importance of diet, exercise and/or

  
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