Treatment intensification and therapeutic inertia of antihypertensive therapy among patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension with uncontrolled blood pressure

• Main Authors: Wan, Kim Sui, Moy, Foong Ming, Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd, Mustapha, Feisul, Ismail, Mastura, Rifin, Halizah Mat, Ratnam, Kishwen Kanna Yoga, Ismail, Hasimah, Chong, Kah Kian, Ahmad, Noor Ani, Hairi, Noran Naqiah
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45206/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63617-4

Treatment intensification is essential to ensure guideline targets are attained in diabetes patients. The failure to intensify treatment when the targets are not achieved is therapeutic inertia. This study aimed to determine the proportions and factors associated with treatment intensification and t...