Adherence to the treatment with oral antidiabetic medications in primary health care

Andréa Pereira da Silva; Braulio Vieira de Sousa Borges; José Cláudio Garcia Lira Neto; Fernanda Valéria Silva Dantas Avelino; Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno; Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas

doi:10.15253/2175-6783.2015000300016

Autores

Andréa Pereira da Silva Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Braulio Vieira de Sousa Borges Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
José Cláudio Garcia Lira Neto Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Fernanda Valéria Silva Dantas Avelino Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas 3Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2015000300016

Palavras-chave:

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Patient Compliance, Nursing.

Resumo

Objective: to assess the level of adherence to the drug treatment with oral antidiabetic medications in the primary health care network. Methods: analytical, quantitative study conducted with 63 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 attended in three Basic Health Units. One used a form which included sociodemographic and clinical information related to treatment adherence, assessed through the Morisky-Green test. Results: it was found that 22.2% of the patients adhered to the treatment. There were no statistically significant correlations between adherence and sociodemographic and clinical variables. Conclusion: non-adherence was high, requiring intervention measures to correct the problem and to promote a better quality of life for patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.

Biografia do Autor

Andréa Pereira da Silva, Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.

Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Braulio Vieira de Sousa Borges, Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.

Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
José Cláudio Garcia Lira Neto, Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.

Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Fernanda Valéria Silva Dantas Avelino, Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.

Universidade Federal do Piauí. Teresina, PI, Brazil.
Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno, Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

Universidade Federal do Ceará. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas, 3Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.

3Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.