Clinical and patient reported outcomes in German patients with type 2 diabetes in the 6 months after starting insulin: preliminary results from the INSTIGATE study
A Liebl, L Breitscheidel, C Nicolay, M Happich · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2008 · Heft 04
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Objective: To describe the clinical and patient reported outcomes associated with the first 6 months of insulin therapy in German patients with type 2 diabetes in a natural setting. Methods: This is a non-interventional, prospective study with a retrospective data capture at baseline and visits thereafter within the normal course of therapy. Participants of this study (in Deutschland: n=256at baseline and n=233at 6 months) were adult patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes presenting within the normal course of care at diabetologists and who initiated insulin therapy in 2006. Patient reported outcomes were asses…