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Managing blood glucose levels is a critical part of living well with type 2 diabetes but it can be difficult for many people.

In fact, studies have shown that around half of all Australians have difficulty achieving their recommended HbA1c targets. One important factor in this is people not taking diabetes medication as prescribed.

Now, thanks to a grant from the 芒果直播 Research Program, the University of Sydney鈥檚 Dr Crystal Lee is trying to identify factors that are related to people not taking medication as regularly as they should.

鈥淏lood glucose lowering medications are an integral part of managing blood glucose levels, yet, according to a small-scale survey conducted in New South Wales, a third of the respondents were not taking their medications as regularly as they should,鈥� Dr Lee said.

鈥淚鈥檒l be using a number of different datasets joined together to identify any patterns of people who aren鈥檛 taking their medication as often as they are recommended.

鈥淭his may help us work out whether this issue is more common in men or women, people of a certain age or socio-economic background.

鈥淗opefully we will be able to get a better understanding of the impact of this as well. I鈥檓 really interested in understanding whether or not taking medication as often as prescribed leads to decreased hospitalisations and deaths.鈥�

Dr Lee thanked 芒果直播 for funding diabetes research.

鈥淲e need to understand how best to keep people healthy and out of hospital and the 芒果直播 Research Program helps ensure Australia鈥檚 diabetes researchers can continue to do their important work.鈥�