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ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2015

Medication adherence on quality of life among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: an exploratory analysis on the EDDMQoL study.

Boon-How Chew

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Article in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Fixed-Dose Combination Therapy as a Strategy to Improve Antidiabetic Medication Adherence in People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Narrative Review.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2026
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  11. Assessing forgetfulness and polypharmacy and their impact on health-related quality of life among patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia in Greece during the COVID-19 pandemic.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  12. Quality of Life and Associated Factors among Primary Care Asian Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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  13. The role of religious coping and social support on medication adherence and quality of life among the elderly with type 2 diabetes.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019
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  14. Association between medication adherence and quality of life of patients with diabetes and hypertension attending primary care clinics: a cross-sectional survey.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019
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  18. A review of features and characteristics of smart medication adherence products.Canadian pharmacists journal : CPJ = Revue des pharmaciens du Canada : RPC
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Boon-How ChewDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. chewboonhow@gmail.com.

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purposeThis study examined the association between medication adherence (MA) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among the adult type 2 diabetes mellitus at the primary care level.

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) was the main independent variable and the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief the dependent variable. Besides socio-demographic data, diabetes-related distress (DRD) and depression (DS) were included as covariates. Independent association between the MMAS score and HRQoL was done using multiple linear regression.

resultsThe participants' response rate was 93.1 % (700/752). Majorities were female (52.8 %), Malay (52.9 %) and married (79.1 %). The mean (SD) for age and the MMAS score was 56.9 (10.18) and 5.6 (1.42), respectively. MMAS total score correlated significantly with all HRQoL domains: overall QoL (OQoL) (r = 0.17), physical QoL (r = 0.11), psychological QoL (r = 0.10), social relationship QoL (r = 0.15) and environmental QoL (EQoL) (r = 0.18). After adjustment for covariates (age, gender, ethnicity, religion, education, income, exercise, macrovascular complications, DRD and DS), MA had persistent effects on OQoL (B = 0.53, 95 % CI 0.012-1.048) and EQoL (B = 0.95, 95 % CI 0.235-1.667).

conclusionMA showed prevalent correlation and positive effects on the domains of HRQoL. Despite the small effects of MA on HRQoL, the sheer presence of the independent effects provides healthcare providers good reason for initiative and intervention to improve MA, which would improve quality of life.

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AdultAgedCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedQuality of LifeMedication adherencePrimary careQuality of lifeType 2 diabetes mellitus

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