Medication Adherence and Its Relationship to Patient Characteristics in Type 2 Diabetes at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
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Objective: To assess medication adherence and determine its association with patient characteristics among patients with type 2 diabetes at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in 152 outpatients with type 2 diabetes at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital between January and March 2023. The Medication Taking Behavior Measure for Thai Patients (MTB-Thai) was used to assess medication adherence. Data collection was conducted by either the patient completing the questionnaire themselves or the data collectors reading the questions to patients. The study also gathered information from the patient's medical records. Results: 47.4% of the patients had a high level of medical adherence or having the full score of 24 on the MTB-Thai. Patient characteristics with an association with medication adherence was employment status. Unemployed group had significantly higher adherence to drug use than the employed group (P < 0.05). There were no relationships between medication adherence and other patient characteristics including gender, educational level, duration of having diabetes, number of medication being used, age and number of co-morbidities. Conclusion: Most patients at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital had a high level of medical adherence. Employment status was associated with medication adherence.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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