The relationship between medication adherence and health-related quality of life among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients

Nor Firdous Mohamed

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Type :	article
Subject :	R Medicine
ISSN :	2222-6990
Main Author :	Nor Firdous Mohamed
Additional Authors :	Norfaezah Zakaria Nur Amani Ahmad Tajuddin Nor Ashikin Md Sari
Title :	The relationship between medication adherence and health-related quality of life among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients

Place of Production :	Tanjong Malim
Publisher :	Fakulti Pembangunan Manusia
Year of Publication :	2021
Corporate Name :	Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

Abstract : Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between medication adherence and health-related quality of life among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients. A correlational survey design was used in this study. The study was conducted through assisted questionnaire administration via face to face with 188 T2DM patients. The questionnaire used was the Medication Compliance Questionnaire (MCQ) and Diabetes Quality of Life revised version (DQoL-R). Descriptive analysis, Crosstabs analysis and Chi-Square test was used to run the data of this study. Result shows the average age of the participants were 64.60 years old and a significant relationship was found between medication adherences with the domain Worry in diabetes quality of life. In conclusion, this study may provide a significant finding on quality of life factors which also need to be appropriately intervene in order to improve medication adherence among type 2 diabetes patients in Malaysian health care. Keywords: Medication Adherence, Health-Related Quality of Life, Medication Compliance Questionnaire, Diabetes Quality of Life Revised Version, Type 2 Diabetes Patients

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