The association of the level of self-care on adherence to treatment in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
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The association of the level of self‑care on adherence to treatment in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Sylwia Krzemińska1 · Katarzyna Lomper1 · Anna Chudiak1 · Davide Ausili2 · Izabella Uchmanowicz1 Received: 23 July 2020 / Accepted: 27 October 2020 © The Author(s) 2020
Abstract Aims The study aimed to assess the impact of self-care on adherence to treatment in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and effect of complex interaction of social, lifestyle, economic, environmental and behavioural. Methods The study was carried out between June 2018 and May 2019 on 324 patients (162 females, 162 males) with type 2 diabetes. To measure the levels of self-care, the Self-Care of Diabetes Index (SCODI) questionnaire was used. Adherence to treatment was assessed with the Adherence in Chronic Diseases Scale (ACDS). Results The highest scores of health behaviour were on the subscale of adherence with the mean value of 68.37, and the lowest results on the subscale of blood sugar self-monitoring, with the mean of 56.05. We found that low adherence to treatment was present in 52.47% of respondents, the moderate level in 39.20%, while only 8.33% of patients showed the high level. There were significant positive correlations between the ACDS and SCODI subscales (p
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