In adults, types 2 diabetes accounts for 90-95 percent of diagnosed cases of diabetes. In the U.S., 29.1 million people are estimated to have diabetes, with an approximate 8.1 million people who aren’t aware of their condition.
To manage their diabetes, the CDC reports that 50.3 percent of patients take pills only, 17.8 take insulin only, and 13 percent take both pills and insulin. But how many of those patients, regardless of the medication they are prescribed, are actually adhering to their prescribed dosages?
Medisafe, a personalized medication management platform addressing non-adherence causes, created an infographic—revealing statistics related to diabetes drug adherence.
The statistics that I found the most interesting are as follows:
- 3 pm and 9 pm had the lowest levels of patient medication adherence
- People like to take the day off on Saturday—including from their pills (with a 72 percent medication adherence—compared to 78 percent on Monday)
- There was a slightly higher level of adherence for vials/syringes prescribed 1-2 times per day (as compared to the pen)—77 vs. 71 percent
- There was little difference in adherence to injectables vs. oral medication (76 vs. 74 percent)
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