Polypharmacy among people living with type 2 diabetes mellitus in rural communes in Vietnam.

Dieu Huyen Thi BuiBai Xuan NguyenDat Cong TruongDan Wolf MeyrowitschJens SøndergaardTine GammeltoftIb Christian BygbjergNielsen Jannie

Published in: PloS one (2021)

In rural northern Vietnam, persons with longer duration of T2D, higher number of comorbidities and diabetes-related stress have higher odds of having a medicine use corresponding to polypharmacy. A high proportion of people with T2D supplement their prescription, non-prescription/OTC medicine with herbal and traditional medicine and dietary supplements.

Keyphrases

south africa
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
emergency department
metabolic syndrome
glycemic control
skeletal muscle
weight loss
stress induced