Open AccessYoung, obese, and underweight patients show up inadequately at scheduled appointments: Findings from a record-based study on diabetic, hypertensive diabetic, and hypertensive patients attending a primary care clinic of Puducherry
Author(s) -
Anindo Majumdar,
Arun Mitra,
S Parthibane,
G Revadi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_387_18
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , diabetes mellitus , attendance , pediatrics , body mass index , family medicine , emergency medicine , overweight , economic growth , economics , endocrinology
One key barrier to proper management of common cardio-metabolic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension in primary care is inadequate adherence to treatment, which, in many cases, results from inadequate follow-up at scheduled appointments. In addition to provider and health system level factors, individual patient level factors are also associated with attendance at follow-up appointments.