Quality of life associated with treatment adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite certain contradictions, an association has been identified between adherence to drug treatment and the quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes. The contradictions observed emphasize the importance of using different methods to measure treatment adherence, or the association of psychological precursors of adherence with quality of life. For this reason, we have used an indirect method to measure adherence (pill count), as well as two adherence behaviour precursors (attitude and knowledge), to assess the association between adherence and the quality of life in type 2 diabetes patients.

Methods

A cross-sectional comparative study on a random sample of 238 type 2 diabetic patients was carried out over one year in four family medicine units of the Mexi

SUBMITTER: Martinez YV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2519069 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature