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. 2022 Jan 6;16:23–39. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S328583

Table 1.

Study Eligibility Criteria

Study Characteristic Eligible Ineligible
Patient population - Adults (≥18 years) with T2D - Pediatric (<18 years) people with T2D
- People without T2D (eg, T1D, gestational diabetes)
- Pregnant women
Intervention - Pharmacologic treatment for T2D - Non-pharmacologic treatment for T2D
- Treatments for the management of conditions other than T2D
Outcomes - Adherence
- Compliance
- Persistence
- Discontinuation
- Other outcomes
- Adherence/discontinuation measures that were not quantified
Measures of weight change - Weight
- BMI
- Other measures (such as hip-to-waist ratio)
- Subjective/perceived weight change
- Weight change clearly associated or caused by something other than treatment for T2D (eg, cancer, after weight-loss surgery, post-partum)
Study type - Real-world cross-sectional study
- Real-world case control study
- Real-world cohort study
- Administrative or claims database study
- Real-world EHR
- Registry study representing real-world clinical practice
- Questionnaires and surveys relating to real-world clinical practice
- Clinical trial (Phase III or IV)
- Pragmatic trial
- Case studies
- Utility studies
- Preference or satisfaction studies based on hypothetical profiles
- Reviews
- Editorials/comments
- Economic evaluations
- Literature reviews
- Clinical trials earlier than Phase III
Language - English - Non-English

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; EHR, electronic health records; T1D, type 1 diabetes; T2D, type 2 diabetes.