Diabetes Medications

1. In the past week, did you take pills for diabetes? No
Yes
Don't know
     Please specify the name(s) of the diabetes pills you took:
2. In the past week, did you get insulin injections? No
Yes
Don't know
3. In the past week, did you take pills for high blood pressure? No
Yes
Don't know
     Please specify the name(s) of the blood pressure pills you took:   
4. In the past week, did you take pills for cholesterol? No
Yes
Don't know
     Please specify the name(s) of the cholesterol pills you took:   

Scoring

These are single items only. Score No="0", Yes="1", Don't know=blank. You may code the names of the medications if you wish to track them, but they are mainly used to correct scoring, i.e., "hydrochlorothiazide" under cholesterol medications should be coded instead under hypertension medications.

Characteristics

We have not tested this scale in English.

Comments

This is the English translation of the Spanish scale. We have not tested this scale in English.

Comments

When conducting community-based studies, it is not always possible to do chart audits. This scale can be used to give some idea of the medication use of subjects in such studies.

References

Unpublished.

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