Improved treatment satisfaction and medication adherence after readjusting oral medication regimens with the cooperation of health insurance pharmacy in type 2 diabetic patients in Japan

Table 3 Change in patient satisfaction, adherence, and glycemic control

	n	Baseline	After changes	P value
Treatment satisfaction score (points)	29	33 ± 12	44 ± 10	< 0.001
Medication adherence (%)	24	75 ± 22	91 ± 14	< 0.001
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	20	6.7 ± 0.6(at baseline)	6.5 ± 0.5(at 3 months)	0.025

Data are shown as means ± SD for continuous variables. Changes in medication adherence were assessed in 24 patients since data were not available for 5 patients. Changes in hemoglobin A1c were assessed in 20 patients who were not treated with insulin injections (9 patients treated with insulin therapy were excluded from the analysis)

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