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Background: type 2 diabetes mellitus includes changes in lifestyle in its etiology of prevention,
but the evidence is clear —even when people know what to do and what they want to do, they
simply do not adopt adherence behaviors. Structured education will allow improving not only
metabolic control, but also the adjustment process to a new situation of disease, as well as to
develop the patient’s skills in order to make him the key manager of his illness.
Objectives: To determine patients’ adherence to prescribed therapeutic regimens.
Material and methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, non-experimental, descriptive, correlational
study, with a sample of 102 people with type 2 diabetes, aged between 40 and 85 years
old, mostly male (51.96%). The evaluation protocol included social-demographic and clinical
questionnaire, Diabetes Self-care Scale and a questionnaire on Diabetes’ knowledge. We also
used HbA1c in order to directly assess adherence.
Results: It appears that there is no statistically signiicant correlation between socio-demographic
variables such as gender and age and adherence. Variables, such as blood glucose monitoring,
speciic diet compliance and knowledge, reveal a statistically signiicant effect on adherence
(P < .05).
Conclusion: The evidence is clear on the urgent need to recognize the importance of measuring
patient adherence to a diabetes treatment plan for the maintenance of glycaemic control. We
suggest the reinforcement of educational programs in people with type 2 diabetes so as to improve
adherence to self-care.
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Keywords
Insulin-dependent type 2 diabetes Self-care Knowledge Adherence to a therapeutic regimen Therapeutic education
Citation
Albuquerque, C., Correia, C., Ferreira, M., & Duarte, J. (2016). Therapeutic education, the premise of adherence to the type 2 diabetes therapeutic regimen. Atención Primaria, 48(Espec Cong 1), 259-265. Acedido em http://www.elsevier.es/es-revista-atencion-primaria-27-articulo-therapeutic-education-premise-adherence-type-X0212656716593842
Publisher
Elsevier España