MEDICATION KNOWLEDGE AND ADHERENCE AMONG TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

Authors

  • Omed Saadallah Al-Amedy Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Duhok (UoD),Kurdistan Region, Duhok City, Iraq
  • Tang Li Yoong Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia
  • Gulistan Ahmed Saido Department of Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Duhok (UoD), Kurdistan Region, Duhok, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31674/mjn.2018.v10i02.003

Abstract

Diabetes is a chronic complicated disease. For that reason, self-care management and education are  necessary to control blood glucose levels todecrease mortality and morbidity rate, the risk of complications and adverse medication related events. Lack of knowledge about a diabetic medication and non-adherence contribute to poor glycemic control among diabetes patients. Therefore, this study aims to assess relationship between medication knowledge and medication adherence among T2DM. A cross sectional study was carried out in outpatient's diabetic clinic in University Malaya Medical Centrevia recruiting 250 participants. A set of questionnaires from earlierresearch were used to collect the data. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis is used to analyze the data. The inclusive results indicated that, the mean age of the participants was 57.90 ±13.22 within 56years. More than half of patients (52.5%) had poor medication knowledge, and 47.5% had good knowledge. In terms of medication adherence, most of the participants (87.0%) had medium medication adherence; whereas, only 1.3% showed high medication adherence. However, there was no correlation between medication knowledge and medication adherence (p=0.743). The chi-square results indicated that medication knowledge was associated significantly with gender, educational level, employment status and monthly income (p value < 0.05). In conclusion it can be said that this study provides insight for healthcare professional about medication knowledge and adherence which are important for managing diabetes. Awareness of these factors will allow them to be more effective about medication counseling so that patients can become self-responsible and realize the benefits of prescribed therapies.

Keywords:

Medication Knowledge, Medication Adherence, Type II Diabetes Mellitus

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Published

02-10-2018

How to Cite

Omed Saadallah Al-Amedy, Tang Li Yoong, & Gulistan Ahmed Saido. (2018). MEDICATION KNOWLEDGE AND ADHERENCE AMONG TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY. The Malaysian Journal of Nursing (MJN), 10(2), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.31674/mjn.2018.v10i02.003

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