Rev Rene (Jul 2015)

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

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000300016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 3

Abstract

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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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