Management and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Lebanon: Results from the International Diabetes Management Practices Study Wave 6.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide public health problem associated with significant complications. There is lack of data on the quality of care of patients with diabetes, specifically among the non-Western countries. Efforts have been made in Lebanon to better study the characteristics of patients with diabetes mellitus in order to improve glycemic control and prevent late-term complications.

Treatment registry in focal epilepsy (TRIP): multicenter observational study in Lebanon.

Purpose: Treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy with a single antiepileptic drug (AED) is the favored approach for seizure management. This observational study aimed to assess, under daily practice conditions, remission and retention rates with the first AED prescribed as monotherapy in patients newly or recently diagnosed with focal epilepsy.

Methods: The treatment registry in focal epilepsy (TRIP) study was conducted on 234 Lebanese patients with newly or recently diagnosed focal epilepsy, requiring treatment with an AED.

Identifying predictors of blood pressure control in the Lebanese population - a national, multicentric survey -- I-PREDICT.

Background: Blood Pressure (BP) is not well controlled and factors that predict BP control are not well identified in Lebanon. Improvement of hypertension management requires an understanding of patients' characteristics and factors associated with uncontrolled BP. This national, multicentric, observational prospective study was designed to determine the predictors of BP control in patients followed up to 6 months.

Management and control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Lebanon: results from the International Diabetes Management Practices Study (IDMPS).

Background: The IDMPS is a study to identify changes in diabetes treatment practice in several developing countries. This paper focuses on diabetes management and compliance with guidelines in a Middle Eastern country like Lebanon.

Methods: The cross-sectional data from the 2006 wave of two weeks duration on the Lebanese population along with the longitudinal data of a 9-month follow-up study were collected.