NGHIÊN CỨU VIỆC TUÂN THỦ DÙNG THUỐC CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH ĐÁI THÁO ĐƯỜNG TÍP 2 TẠI KHOA NỘI TỔNG HỢP BỆNH VIỆN TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC Y DƯỢC CẦN THƠ

Abstract

Background: Treatment adherence is a public health issue, especially important for the treatment of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes. Without good treatment and management, the disease can lead to serious complications. It can lead to serious complications and even death. The rate of treatment adherence among patients in developing countries, including Vietnam, is currently low, according to statistics, currently below 50%. Objectives: 1) To determine the drug adherence rate of patients with type 2 diabetes. 2) To determine some factors related to the drug adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes. Materials and methods: Type 2 diabetes patients are being treated as inpatients at the Department of General Internal Medicine, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital. Cross-sectional descriptive study. Research subjects were selected by convenience sampling method. Results: Patients had a high rate of forgetting pills (90.7%). The most common reason for forgetting to take medicine was due to busyness (76.2%). Most of the time, treatment for forgetting medication is to make up for the next dose (71.5%). 75% of patients with disease duration ≤5 years sometimes forget or quit, patients adhere to treatment with regular medication, most of them are in the group prescribed 1-2 times a day (96, 2%).  Conclusions: High drug adherence rate. The medicine that is often forgotten is the pill form. The main treatment is to take the next dose to make up. Long disease duration, 3 or more times of drug use, and 1-5 years of treatment are factors that reduce the rate of adherence.