Amruta Sumedh Mandpe, Vijaya A Pandit, Jayshree S Dawane and Hardik R Patel
Background: Low adherence to medication is a growing concern, seriously undercutting the benefits of current medical care. Present study was plannedon the assumption that knowledge regarding diabetes might be important contributory factor affecting adherence to the treatment regimen, which is crucial in glycemic control &complications related to the disease.
Objectives: To investigate any association of knowledge with medication adherence, Blood sugar level& incidence of associated complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Material and method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending the Diabetes OPD, Bharatividyapeeth Deemed University, medical college, Pune. A questionnaire including Michigan Diabetes Knowledge Test and Morisky Medication Adherence Scale was used. Patients’ medical records were reviewed for Blood Sugar control and occurrence of related complication like arrhythmias, nephropathy, and retinopathy.
Results: Analysis of observation shows that 45% of patients had adequate knowledge about diabetes. Out of these 45% of patients, 93.33% (42/45) of patients were adherent to drug therapy (p<0.001), 86.66% (39/45) of patients had BSL Fasting <100 mg/dl (p<0.001), 84.44% (38/45) of patients had BSL PP<135 mg/dl (p<0.001) and only 2.22% (1/45) of patients had history of diabetes related complication.
Conclusion: Diabetes knowledge was significantly correlated with better medication adherences, good glycemic control and low incidence of disease related complications.