Open AccessCOMPLIANCE AND SOME FACTORS RELATED TO COMPLIANCE OF USING MEDICINE ON PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES
Author(s) -
Lộc Ninh Tô,
Văn Mãi Đỗ,
Đặng Minh Trí Bùi,
Quốc Thắng Trần
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2354-0613
DOI - 10.52163/jcm.v62i1.15
Subject(s) - medicine , compliance (psychology) , diabetes mellitus , drug compliance , type 2 diabetes , cross sectional study , emergency medicine , endocrinology , pathology , psychology , social psychology
Objective: To assess compliance and some factors related to medicine use of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Nam Can District General Hospital, Ca Mau Province. Objects and methods: Cross-sectional study on 528 outpatients with type 2 diabetes treatment at Nam Can District General Hospital, Ca Mau province from July 2019 to April 2020. Results: Adherence rate to drug use in type 2 diabetic patients: 40 patients (7.6%) had high compliance level with using medicine, 274 patients had moderate compliance level (51.9%) and 214 patients had poor compliance level (40.5%). There was one factor related to drug adherence: occupation (OR = 0.053; 95% CI = 0.372-1.007. Conclusion: mainly patients with moderate and low compliance levels. Occupation was related to compliance of using medicine.