Quality of Life and Adherence of Diabetic Patients in Different Treatment Regimens

The diabetic patient’s quality of life and adherence should be a concerned by health care providers. This study aimed to explore the diabetic patient’s quality of life and medication adherence into account. We recruited 88 subjects in a cross-sectional design. The research subjects were out-patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a private hospitals in Yogyakarta City who had taken single or combination of oral anti diabetic and insulin at least six months prior to quality of life measurement. Patients were classified into three groups (monotherapy, oral combination therapy, and oral-insulin combination group). The domains of physical function, energy, satisfaction treatment, and treatment effect were significantly different among the three groups. There were significant associations between treatment satisfaction domain and adherence in monotherapy and oral-insulin combination groups, the health pressure domain and adherence in oral-insulin combination group, the treatment satisfaction domain with adherence in first two groups, and health pressure domain with adherence in oral-insulin combination group. In conclusion, the quality of life of the diabetic patients was good and their medication adherence was at a moderate level