The collaboration with the Kuwait Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI) making progress. A cross-sectional study looking at physical activity (PA) of Kuwaiti adults in the years 2011-2014 (WHO based questionnaire) reveals that half of the cohort population did not meet the WHO recommended minimum PA level. Efforts to promote PA in Kuwait should consider addressing gender and ethnic disparities, local environmental factors, and demographic influences.
See the article here.
Tag: Diabetes
Geographic variation in and contextual factors related to medication adherence with type 2 Diabetes
Another publication of our collaborative work with spatial and multi-level analysis has been accepted.
This research applied geospatial techniques to explore small area geographic variation, spatial clustering, and spatial convergence in medication adherence to diabetes medication. This enabled an examination of where populations at high risk of non-adherence are concentrated.
It is available here.
