Open AccessDistress and its effect on adherence to antidiabetic medications among Type 2 diabetes patients in coastal South India
Author(s) -
Nithin Kumar,
Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan,
Rekha Thapar,
Prasanna Mithra,
Vaman Kulkarni,
Ramesh Holla,
Darshan Bhagawan,
Avinash Kumar,
Shodhan Aithal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of natural science, biology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 2229-7707
pISSN - 0976-9668
DOI - 10.4103/0976-9668.210008
Subject(s) - medicine , distress , diabetes mellitus , logistic regression , multivariate analysis , regimen , univariate analysis , type 2 diabetes , psychiatry , family medicine , clinical psychology , endocrinology
Distress can bring about an unfavorable attitude among the patients toward tackling their disease which can affect adherence to medications. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of distress on adherence to medication among patients with diabetes.