• Medicina · May 2023

    Medication Adherence and Its Associated Factors among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Attending Primary Health Centers of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.

    • AlsaidanAseel AwadAA0000-0003-0220-6160Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72388, Saudi Arabia., Sultan Fahad Alotaibi, Ashokkumar Thirunavukkarasu, ALruwailiBashayer FarhanBF0000-0003-2034-7709Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72388, Saudi Arabia., Rami Hamdan Alharbi, Maha M Arnous, Omar Awad Alsaidan, Abdulbaqi Sulaiman Alduraywish, and Yasir Abdulrahman Alwushayh.
    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72388, Saudi Arabia.
    • Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 May 20; 59 (5).

    AbstractMedication adherence by patients with diabetes is critical, as it plays a crucial role in individuals' long-term health and well-being. We evaluated the medication adherence, illness perception, diabetes knowledge, and associated factors among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attending primary health centers (PHCs) in the eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using a validated Arabic version of a data collection form. In order to identify the variables that are associated with medication adherence, we applied a logistic regression analysis. Furthermore, we performed the Spearman test to find the correlation between medication adherence, illness perception, and diabetes knowledge. Of the 390 studied patients, 21.5% had low medication adherence, and it was significantly associated with gender (adjusted OR (AOR) = 1.89, 95% CI = 1.27-2.73, p = 0.003) and duration of diabetes (AOR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.67-0.95, p = 0.017). Furthermore, we found a significant positive correlation between medication adherence and illness perception (rho = 0.217, p = 0.007) and knowledge of diabetes and medication adherence (rho = 0.425, p < 0.001). We recommend improving T2DM patients' knowledge about the importance of adherence to their medication regimen in several health education sessions at the PHCs. In addition, we recommend mixed-method medication adherence assessment surveys in different parts of the KSA.

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