PMID- 37241220
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230529
LR  - 20230530
IS  - 1648-9144 (Electronic)
IS  - 1010-660X (Print)
IS  - 1010-660X (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 5
DP  - 2023 May 20
TI  - Medication Adherence and Its Associated Factors among Patients with Type 2 
      Diabetes Mellitus Attending Primary Health Centers of Eastern Province, Saudi 
      Arabia.
LID - 10.3390/medicina59050989 [doi]
LID - 989
AB  - Medication 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.
FAU - Alsaidan, Aseel Awad
AU  - Alsaidan AA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0220-6160
AD  - Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf 
      University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72388, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alotaibi, Sultan Fahad
AU  - Alotaibi SF
AD  - Department of Public Health, Hafr Al-Batin Health Affairs, Al Baladiyah, Hafr Al 
      Batin 39921, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Thirunavukkarasu, Ashokkumar
AU  - Thirunavukkarasu A
AD  - Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf 
      University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72388, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - ALruwaili, Bashayer Farhan
AU  - ALruwaili BF
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2034-7709
AD  - Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf 
      University, Sakaka, Aljouf 72388, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alharbi, Rami Hamdan
AU  - Alharbi RH
AD  - Department of Family and Community Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical 
      Center, Riyadh City 12233, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Arnous, Maha M
AU  - Arnous MM
AD  - Department of Family and Community Medicine, Security Forces Hospital Program, 
      Riyadh City 12625, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alsaidan, Omar Awad
AU  - Alsaidan OA
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2848-2932
AD  - Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka 72341, 
      Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alduraywish, Abdulbaqi Sulaiman
AU  - Alduraywish AS
AD  - College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia.
FAU - Alwushayh, Yasir Abdulrahman
AU  - Alwushayh YA
AD  - College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230520
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Medicina (Kaunas)
JT  - Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
JID - 9425208
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy
MH  - Saudi Arabia
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Medication Adherence
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC10223340
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Saudi Arabia
OT  - T2DM
OT  - diabetes knowledge
OT  - illness perception
OT  - medication adherence
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2023/05/27 09:42
MHDA- 2023/05/29 06:42
PMCR- 2023/05/20
CRDT- 2023/05/27 01:21
PHST- 2023/02/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/03/15 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/05/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/05/29 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/05/27 09:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/05/27 01:21 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/05/20 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - medicina59050989 [pii]
AID - medicina-59-00989 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/medicina59050989 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 May 20;59(5):989. doi: 10.3390/medicina59050989.