Recurrent prescription of sleep medication among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes: an observational study of real-world registry data

• Published in: BMC Primary Care
• Main Authors: Eveliina Heikkala, Jari Jokelainen, Ilona Mikkola, Juha Auvinen, Maria Hagnäs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2023
• Subjects: Type 2 diabetes; Primary care; Sleep medication; Medicine (General); R5-920; Rovaniemi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02045-1; https://doaj.org/article/2ca49dd9915f46628be4944ece8f1f19

Abstract Background Little knowledge exists on the prevalence of recurrent sleep medication prescriptions among primary care patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Our aims were to examine the prevalence of recurrent sleep medication prescriptions and to elucidate the most often prescribed sleep medic...