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: Heikkala, Eveliina, Jokelainen, Jari, Mikkola, Ilona, Auvinen, Juha, Hagnäs, Maria
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2023
• Subjects: Research; Rovaniemi
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10074898/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37016350; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02045-1

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 medications i...