Diabetes's adherence to treatment: the predictive value of satisfaction with medical care

AbstractProblem Statement: Diabetes mellitus has a significant physical and emotional impact, involving difficult lifestyle adjustments, complex and long term treatment. Purpose of Study: To investigate the predictive value witch can have patient satisfaction, socio-demographics, clinical factors and self-efficacy on diabetes's adherence. ResearchMethods78 outpatients diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes completed Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire III, The Medical Outcomes Study Adherence Questionnaire and The Diabetes Empowerment Scale. Findings: Multivariate regression indicates that residence and self-efficacy were independent predictors for general adherence while self-efficacy was independent predictor for specific adherence.Conclusions. Identifying adherence's factors facilitates the optimization of this health behaviour with high benefits for quality of life of diabetic patients