Author:
Ramzan Basit,Hassali Azmi,Hashmi Furqan,Saleem Fahad,Gardezi Shahnawaz,Hussain Iltaf,Butt Muhammad Daoud,Rasool Muhammad Fawad
Abstract
Purpose: To assess the impact of drug adherence and diabetes-related knowledge on the quality of life (QoL) of type 2 diabetes patients in a hospital in Pakistan.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in City Hospital, Multan, Pakistan between March and September 2020. A total of 151 patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were recruited. Medication adherence, diabetes-related knowledge, and QoL were assessed by Drug attitude inventory-10 (DAI-10), the Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test (MDKT), and EQ-5D-3L tools, respectively. The association between sociodemographic data and study variables was assessed by independent t-test and one-way ANOVA.Results: Among the 151 patients, 53 % were males. The mean MDKT score was 0.33 ± 0.18, indicating poor knowledge of diabetes. An overall moderate level of adherence was observed among the participants (mean adherence score, 6.14 ± 1.39). Mean QoL score was 1.31 ± 0.28, and the Visual Analog Scale score (VAS) was 59.6 ± 12.21, indicating a good to moderate QoL among the study participants. Study participants with a longer duration of diabetes and poor adherence to their medications showed poor QoL (p = 0.01, p = 0.004 respectively).Conclusion: Overall, the patients reported poor knowledge, moderate adherence, and good to moderate QoL. Moreover, patients with poor adherence to medication, longer duration of diabetes, and poorly controlled HbA1c showed poor QoL.
Publisher
African Journals Online (AJOL)
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Pharmaceutical Science
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2 articles.
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