Correlation study on the medication literacy in disease perception and medical compliance behavior in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Objective:To understand the current status of medical compliance behavior in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM),and analyze the role of medication literacy in disease perception and medical compliance behavior in this group of patients.Methods:274 T2DM patients were recruited,and underwent survey using general information questionnaire,the Compliance Behavior Scale,the Simple Disease Perception Questionnaire and the Medication Literacy Scale.Logistic regression analysis was performed to screen the factors affecting the medical compliance behavior in T2DM patients.Pearson analysis was used to analyze the correlation between compliance behavior and disease perception and drug literacy.Results:The total scoring was(42.63±6.85),(38.63±6.18)and(3.32±0.25)points,respectively for the medical compliance behavior,disease perception and drug literacy.Better medical compliance behavior was observed in males,patients with educational background of high school and above,those living with the family members and with monthly income>3,000 RMB yuan per capita,and the types of health education the patients received at discharge(P<0.05).Additionally,medical compliance behavior was positively correlated with disease perception and medication literacy(P<0.05).Conclusion:Our findings suggest that medical staff should pay close attention to the level of disease perception and medication literacy of T2DM patients,and adopt targeted health education to improve their medical compliance.
type 2 diabetes mellitusmedication literacydisease perceptionmedical compliance behaviorcorrelation