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

• Main Authors: Andréa Pereira da Silva (Author), Braulio Vieira de Sousa Borges (Author), José Cláudio Garcia Lira Neto (Author), Fernanda Valéria Silva Dantas Avelino (Author), Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno (Author), Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2015-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

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.

Item Description

10.15253/2175-6783.2015000300016
1517-3852
2175-6783