Factors Affecting Non-adherence to Medications among Type2 Diabetic Patients Attending Primary Health Care Centers in Cairo

Abstract

edication adherence is the extent to which a person's behavior corresponds with agreed recommendations from health care provider. Poor adherence to medications is a major public health problem. Because the magnitude of non-adherence and the scope of its sequelae are so alarming, more health benefits worldwide would result from improving adherence to existing treatments than by developing new medical treatments. The aim of this study is to measure prevalence of non adherence to medications among T2DM patients attending PHC center of Saraya El Quobba and identifying factors affecting non-adherence to medications among them. To find an agreement between MTA and ARMS questionnaires as tools of measurement treatment adherence. The current study was a Cross sectional study, conducted on 131 participants attending PHC centre of Saraya El Quobba. The data was collected using Structured questionnaires. The current study showed higher level of adherence among patients attending primary health care centre of Saraya El Quobba (65.6%). This higher level of adherence can be attributed to regular follow up visit (66.4%), regular monitoring of blood glucose level (68.7%) and presence of family support.