Healthcare and Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Patients with Diabetes in Selected Counties in Kenya, GECO-Kenya

Kenya, , 2021 - 2023
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

Gershim Asiki,MD,Phd

CSV JSON

3.6a: What type of medication did your doctor prescribe for the treatment and ca (q3p6a)

Data file: GECO_FinalData1

Overview

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Range 1 - 3

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What type of Which medication did your doctor prescribe for the treatment and care of diabetes in the [pre-COVID] period?
Je, daktari wako alikuagizia dawa gani kwa ajili ya matibabu na utunzaji wa ugonjwa wa sukari katika kipindi kabla ya COVID?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	(a) Insulin only	45	9%
2	b) Oral Hypoglycaemic drug only (e.g Metformin, Glibenclamide)	415	83%
3	(c) Both insulin + Oral Hypoglycaemic	40	8%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Question pretext

Medications
[PRE-COVID] period = before March 2020

Question post text

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Interviewer instructions

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Description

Text

The question was asked to patients with type 2 diabetes about the type of medication their doctor prescribed for the treatment and care of their diabetes during the pre-COVID period.

Universe

Patients with type 2 diabetes

others

Notes

"3.6a: What type of medication did your doctor prescribe for the treatment and care of diabetes in the [pre-COVID] period?"