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The recent article by Cramer (1) aroused our full interest. The author reports a systematic literature search performed to identify articles with quantitative data on adherence to oral hypoglycemic agents and insulin and correlations between adherence rates and glycemic control. Abstracts identified by searching Medline, Current Contents, Health & Psychological Instruments, and Cochrane Collaborative databases were screened. The systematic search resulted in 20 publications, i.e., 15 retrospective and 5 prospective studies, with adequate data for synthesis. We would like to suggest that from our experience, the Embase database would have probably added relevant, high-quality articles that do not appear …
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