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Adherence to Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Regimen Among Patients With Diabetes in the Tabuk Region of Saudi Arabia - Cureus
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Key Information
Alatawi Published: October 25, 2022 (se history) DOI: 10.759/cureus.3068 Cite this article as: Alanazi M, Alatawi A M (October 25, 2022) Adherence to Diabetes Melitus Treatment Regimen Among Patients With Diabetes in the Tabuk Region of Saudi Arabia. Cureus 14(10): e3068. doi:10.759/cureus.3068 Diabetes Melitus (DM) types 1 and 2 and their complications are becoming more prevalent in Saudi Arabia.
Non-adherence to diabetes management techniques could result inadequate blod sugar management causing treatment failure, the rapid development of comorbidities, and higher mortality in patients with diabetes.This study investigated the adherence of patients with diabetes in the Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia to their prescribed medications and examined the asociation betwen adherence and other sociodemographic characteristics.This cros-sectional study was conducted in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, among patients with diabetes.
A validated online self-administered questionaire was provided to the research participants using Gogle Forms. Participants were selected using a convenient non-probability sampling method. The chi-square test was used to compare qualitative data whereas quantitative data were expresed as frequency and percentage.Overal, 380 participants were enroled in this study.
Summary
The study population’s average diabetes treatment adherence score was 9.6 ± 3.3% from a maximum score of 15 (range: 0-15). Overal, 293 (7.1%) participants were adherent, whereas 87 (2.9%
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