Possible associations of personality traits representing harm avoidance and self-directedness with medication adherence in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

Abstract Background Insufficient medication adherence in diabetes patients, of which numbers continue to increase globally, remains a critical issue. Medication adherence is multifactorial and determined by interactions among factors including socioeconomic status, health care team and system, condi...

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Main Authors: Yoshiko Tominaga, Tohru Aomori, Tomohisa Hayakawa, Nobuhiko Kijima, Donald E. Morisky, Kunihiko Takahashi, Mayumi Mochizuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40780-018-0112-4