Adherence to the treatment with oral antidiabetic medications in primary health care
Objective: to assess the level of adherence to the drug treatment with oral antidiabetic medications in the primary health care network. Methods: analytical, quantitative study conducted with 63 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 attended in three Basic Health Units. One used a form which includ...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Ceará
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Rev Rene |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/1944/pdf_1 |
| Summary: | Objective: to assess the level of adherence to the drug treatment with oral antidiabetic medications in the primary health care network. Methods: analytical, quantitative study conducted with 63 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 attended in three Basic Health Units. One used a form which included sociodemographic and clinical information related to treatment adherence, assessed through the Morisky-Green test. Results: it was found that 22.2% of the patients adhered to the treatment. There were no statistically significant correlations between adherence and sociodemographic and clinical variables. Conclusion: non-adherence was high, requiring intervention measures to correct the problem and to promote a better quality of life for patients with diabetes mellitus type 2. |
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| ISSN: | 1517-3852 2175-6783 |