A STUDY ON MEDICATION NON-ADHERENCE IN AMBULATORY DIABETIC PATIENTS AND NEED FOR PHARMACIST INTERVENTION FOR IMPROVING PATIENT ADHERENCE
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Research in Pharmacy and Biotechnology - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease and the prevalence for all age-groups worldwide was estimated to be 2.8% in 2000 and 4.4% in 2030. Medication non adherence is a pervasive medical problem that is common among patients with chronic disease. This study was conducted for a period of 1 month. It includes 154 randomly selected patients who were interviewed by using a questionnaire regarding socio-economic characteristics, adherence rates, barriers that affect adherence to medication use (using Morisky self report scale) and counseled by pharmacist for 20-30 minutes. Of the total, 97(62.9%) were adherent and 57(37.01%) were non adherent to medications. In our study the commonly cited intentional non-adherence was found to be self-decision(35.08%) and ommision of drugs because of experiencing Side effects (22.8%). Confusion in dosage frequency (17.5%), forgetfulness (10.5%) and financial difficulty (8.7%) were the other contributing factors for non-adherence. Efforts were taken to increase the medication adherence and self care through patient education by pharmacists. Patient’s medication compliance is a multifactor behavior in which the role of patient’s attitude is very important. Interventions are needed to increase medication adherence so that patients can realize the full benefit of prescribed therapies.
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Dr. Praveen Kumar G
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