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Medication, illness duration, and medication adherence among peer support groups of diabetic patients
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FATIMAH PUTRI RAHAYU, ANGGI LUKMAN WICAKSANA, HARYANI
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Background: Several factors are known to affect medication adherence, however, there is limited knowledge concerning medication adherence among members in diabetes peer support groups. The study aimed to analyze medication adherence and its predicting factors in peer support groups with diabetes.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among public health centers with a peer support group for diabetic patients. Participants were selected using the total sampling technique after considering the eligibility criteria. The Medication Adherence to Treatment of oral anti-diabetes questionnaire was used to assess medication adherence. Chi-squared and logistic regression tests were used to identify the predicting factors.
Results: Seventy-eight patients completed the study. People living with diabetes duration = 5 years (37.2%) and medication = 5 years (34.5%) indicated significantly higher medication adherence (p = 0.048, p = 0.01, respectively). Meanwhile, total of medication (M = 2.56 ± 1.27) and duration of peer support (M = 17.68 ± 14.85 months) did not show significant outcomes. The logistic regression outcome indicated that income (OR = 3.428, 95% CI: 1.267-9.274) and duration of peer support group (OR = 0.946, 95% CI: 0.899-0.996) were significant predicting factors for medication adherence.
Conclusions: There was a significant relationship between illness and medication duration with medication adherence in diabetes peer support groups. The medication adherence increased three times by adding the income variable while duration of peer support group contributed in decreasing adherence by 5%. Further research is required on assisting low-income patients to improve their medication adherence during the treatment.
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Diabetes mellitus; Illness, Medication adherence, Peer support, Support group
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.760
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