Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes (Dec 2019)

ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS IN ARGENTINA DURING 2015

  • María Amelia Linari,
  • Claudio González,
  • Gustavo Frechtel,
  • Omar Álvaro,
  • María Inés Argerich,
  • María del Carmen Babus,
  • María Florencia Badia,
  • Leticia Barrera,
  • Natalia Blanco Debat,
  • Diego Botta,
  • María Marta Curet,
  • Raúl A. David,
  • Alejandra Dib,
  • Guillermo Dieuzeide,
  • Daniel Dionisi,
  • Mariela Echenique,
  • Susana Fuentes,
  • Sandra Geraci,
  • Natalia Laguarde,
  • Silvia Lapertosa,
  • Astrid Libman,
  • Elizabeth Méndez,
  • Julieta Méndez,
  • Luis Neira,
  • María Florencia Noguero,
  • Verónica Ojeda,
  • Nelson Papini,
  • Víctor Previtera,
  • Erika Vago,
  • Carla Wassner,
  • Débora Chan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v53i3.164
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53, no. 3
pp. 97 – 108

Abstract

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Introduction: the interruption in the adherence to the prescribed treatments generates important obstacles which negatively impact on health indicators. Objectives: to evaluate adherence to treatment in adult patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DT2) in Argentina; associate with the type of health care provision and location. Materials and methods: we included 1.520 individuals belonging to eight different geographical regions of the Argentine Republic during 2015. A cross-sectional study was conducted. A self-reported validated questionnaire of multiple options with simple scoring polycotomic responses was applied. A quantitative scale and a multivariate analysis of main components were applied.

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