HOW DO YOU MOTIVATE YOUR PATIENTS TO KEEP APPROPRIATE GLYCEMIC CONTROL ?

Abstract

Recent medical progress in drugs has enabled appropriate control for hypertension and dyslipidemia. On the other hand, diabetes mellitus, another life style mediated disease, is difficult to be managed without improvement of the life style of the patients by themselves. In this lecture, the strategy is introduced to motivate the diabetic patients to keep appropriate glycemic control.