Prevalence of medication adherence and glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes and influencing factors: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to assess medication adherence, glycemic control, and their influencing factors among outpatients at an Indonesian clinic with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with type 2 diabetes at a hospital-based clinic in Surabaya, Indonesia, from September to December 2018. A purposive sampling was used; patients aged 18 years and older, had diabetes and any comorbidity, received hypoglycemic agents, and provided written informed consent were included. The previously validated Brief Medication Questionnaire was used to measure medication adherence, while glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) levels were used to evaluate glycemic control. Binary logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with medication a

SUBMITTER: Suprapti B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10446000 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature