Possible associations of personality traits representing harm avoidance and self-directedness with medication adherence in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes

• Main Authors: Yoshiko Tominaga (Author), Tohru Aomori (Author), Tomohisa Hayakawa (Author), Nobuhiko Kijima (Author), Donald E. Morisky (Author), Kunihiko Takahashi (Author), Mayumi Mochizuki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Insufficient medication adherence in diabetes patients, of which numbers continue to increase globally, remains a critical issue. Medication adherence is multifactorial and determined by interactions among factors including socioeconomic status, health care team and system, condi...