The Description of Medication Adherence for Patients of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 in Public Health Center Yogyakarta
Journal Title: Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
According to the Basic Health Research (Riskesdas 2013), the highest prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Indonesia is in Yogyakarta. Diabetes mellitus is chronic disease that needs the complex and a long term medical treatment, one of the success factor in the therapy depends on the patient adherence. The purpose of this research was to know and describe patient’s characteristics including gender, age, education, duration of the disease, comorbid, AOD usage through the adherence of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This research used an observational method with cross-sectional analysis that conducted retrospectively to 123 outpatients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Yogyakarta Primary Health Care during August–September 2015. The sampling method the accidental sampling technique. Morisky Medication Adherence (MMAS) questionnaire was used and analyzed with Chi Square. The result of this research showed that the entirety of medication’s adherence level is low. The correlation between patients characteristic, gender (p=0.275), ages (p=0.473), educational level (p=0.157), disease’s duration (p=0.097), number of cormobid (p=0.79), and ADO (p=0.401) against the medication’s adherence level were not significant (p>0.05).
Authors and Affiliations
Nur Rasdianah, Suwaldi Martodiharjo, Tri M. Andayani, Lukman Hakim
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- DOI 10.15416/ijcp.2016.5.4.249
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