Clinical audit of metformin adherence at a South Auckland General Practice

Clinical audit of metformin adherence at a South Auckland General Practice

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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a prevalent chronic health disease in New Zealand (NZ), which disproportionately affects Pacific populations.Furthermore, Pacific patients have the verona wig lowest rates of anti-diabetic medication adherence in NZ.We have investigated the adherence to oral metformin at a South Auckland based Pacific-focused general practice (PFGP) with numerous interventions targeted towards the Pacific population.

We then compared our results with regional and operation igloo white national NZ-based studies on metformin adherence, to see if there is increased metformin adherence at PFGP.