Doctors' adherence to guidelines recommendations and glycaemic control in diabetic patients in Quetta, Pakistan: Findings from an observational study

Background Poor control of diabetes mellitus (DM) is partly attributed to doctors' poor adherence to guidelines. Objective To evaluate doctors' adherence to pharmacotherapeutic recommendations of DM management guidelines and factors associated with guidelines adherence and glycaemic control. Methods This prospective observational study included 30 doctors who were treating DM patients in their private clinics in Quetta, Pakistan. On visit 1, a total of 600 prescriptions written by 30 enrolled doctors (20 patients per doctor) were noted along with patients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. American Diabetes Association guidelines was used as a reference. The prescriptions noted were judged for…