Impact of educational outreach intervention on enhancing health care providers' knowledge about statin therapy prescribing in Malaysian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

• Main Authors: Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz, Nik Mohamed, Mohamad Haniki, Huri, Hasniza Zaman, Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: RC667 Specialties of Internal Medicine-Diseases of Circulatory (Cardiovascular) System; RM283 Endocrinotheraphy; RS Pharmacy and materia medica
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/64191/7/64191_Impact%20of%20educational%20outreach%20intervention_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/64191/13/64191_Impact%20of%20educational%20outreach%20interventio_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/64191/19/64191_Impact%20of%20educational%20outreach%20intervention.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/64191/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jep.12903; https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.12903

Rationale Previous research reported underutilization of statin therapy among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Improving health care providers' awareness and understanding of the benefits and risks of statin treatment could be of assistance in optimizing the statin prescribing process....