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Medication Knowledge and Adherence Among Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients : A Cross Sectional Study

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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.

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Series Title

The Malaysian Journal of Nursing, October 2018 Vol. 10 Issue 2

Call Number

(05) 610.5 LIN t

Publisher

Malaysia : Lincoln University College., 2018

Collation

Hlm. 24-33

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

2231-7007

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(05) 610.5 LIN t

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Edition

Vol. 10 Issue 2

Subject(s)

Medication Knowledge
Medication Adherence
Type II Diabetes Mellitus

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