Determinants of sub-optimal glycemic control among patients enrolled in a medicine dispensing programme in KwaZulu-Natal: A cohort study, 2018-2021.

Background:  The Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) programme facilitates clinically stable patients to collect their chronic medication from community-based pick-up points.

Aim:  We determined baseline glycaemic control and rates and predictors of becoming sub-optimally controlled for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) CCMDD-enrolled patients.

Setting:  The setting of the study was eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.