Medication Adherence In Outpatients With Type 2 Diabetes At Hue University Hospital, Hue City, Vietnam

Predicting Medication Adherence Based on Personality Characteristics in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Objective: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic illness and adherence to medications is vital to manage the illness. The purpose of this study was to examine the prediction of medication adherence based on personality factors in a group of individuals with type 2 diabetes in Yasuj. Materials and Methods: One hundred twenty individuals with type 2 diabetes who visited health centers were selected for...

Medication Adherence and its Related Factors in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Background: One of the public health challenges in the worldwide is diabetes, and adherence to treatment is crucial. Adherence to treatment can help reduce the complications of the disease. Therefore, this study was performed to evaluate the status of adherence to treatment among patients with type 2 diabetes in Khorramabad. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 392 men and wom...

Adherence to Hypoglycemic Medication among Insulin-Treated Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Polypharmacy and medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes.

OBJECTIVE To determine medication adherence and predictors of suboptimal adherence in a community cohort of patients with diabetes and to test the hypothesis that adherence decreases with increased number of medicines prescribed. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 128 randomly selected patients with type 2 diabetes from a single community health center responded to a pharmacist-administer...

The prevalence of reproductive tract infections in Hue, Vietnam.

A study was conducted in central Vietnam to measure the prevalence of reproductive tract infections among clients of a family planning clinic, and to determine the usefulness of simple, clinic-based diagnostic tests. The prevalence of such infections was moderate, with the majority being endogenous. Few cases of cervical infection were identified, and no clinical or sociodemographic variables p...