Adherence to the treatment with oral antidiabetic medications in primary health care

• Main Authors: Andréa Pereira da Silva, Braulio Vieira de Sousa Borges, José Cláudio Garcia Lira Neto, Fernanda Valéria Silva Dantas Avelino, Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno, Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2015-07-01
• Series: Rev Rene
• Subjects: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2; Patient Compliance; Nursing.
• Online Access: http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/1944/pdf_1

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.