Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic medical condition characterised by persistently high blood glucose levels. T2DM risk factors include obesity or being overweight, a high BMI, genetics, and certain medical conditions. Medicine adherence is very important for the management of T2DM and if it is not well controlled by lifestyle modification or DM regulatory medications, it can lead to complications. The goal of this study is to identify the factors that contribute to noncompliance with oral diabetes medications in T2DM patients in India.

Methodology: A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted on T2DM patients in Central India via a link distributed on social media, and the contributory factors of diabetes medication noncompliance were assessed.

Results: The study included 324 participants in total. In terms of medication adherence, 199 (61.4%) participants were mostly adherent to their medications, 97 (29.93%) were not, and 28 (8.6%) were occasionally adherent. According to participants, the most commonly reported factors contributing to noncompliance with DM medications were forgetfulness, a lack of knowledge about the importance of diabetes control, and medication side effects. Age, marital status, occupation, comorbidities, diagnosis period, and previous complaints of DM complications all had significant associations with DM medication adherence.

Conclusion: The study’s findings revealed that adherence to DM medications was suboptimal among T2DM patients in Central India. Several factors were discovered to have an effect on medication adherence in this study. More research is needed to include other factors that may influence adherence, such as patient-provider communication.