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ArticlePrimary care diabetes2022

Is self-reported adherence a valid measure of glycaemic control among people living with diabetes in rural India? A cross-sectional analysis.

Leeberk Raja Inbaraj, Elsa Heylen, Krishnamachari Srinivasan, Maria L Ekstrand

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Leeberk Raja InbarajDepartment of Community Health and Family Medicine, Bangalore Baptist Hospital, Bengaluru, India; Department of Clinical Research, ICMR- National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India. Electronic address: leeberk2003@gmail.com.
Elsa HeylenDivision of Prevention Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Krishnamachari SrinivasanDepartment of Psychiatry, St John's Medical College Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Division of Mental Health and Neurosciences, St. John's Research Institute, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Maria L EkstrandDivision of Prevention Sciences, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA; Division of Mental Health and Neurosciences, St. John's Research Institute, St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
St. John's National Academy of Health Sciences · INNational Institute of Research in Tuberculosis · INUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Improving Mental Health through Integration with Primary Care in Rural KarnatakaR01MH100311 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI EKSTRAND, MARIA L., KRISHNAMACHARI, SRINIVASAN · 2014 to 2018
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100311
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Abstract

backgroundVisual analogue scale (VAS) is one of the simplest to measure medication adherence. It has neither been widely used for Non communicable diseases (NCD) nor validated for in the Indian setting. We examined the validity of self-reported medication adherence measures in relation to HbA1C in a rural population with diabetes mellitus (DM).

methodsParticipants with DM was administered VAS, Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DMSQ) and assessed for missed pills. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were done.

resultsWe recruited 1347 participants and 84% of them reported being 100% adherent as per VAS and 83.8% stated that they did not miss any pills. However, 58.2% of participants who reported having 100% adherence had poor glycaemic control, as did 58.1% of those who did not miss any pills. None of the diabetic self-care measures was significantly associated with glycaemic control.

conclusionWe found a lack of association between self-reported adherence measures and glycaemic control in participants with DM suggesting that self-reported adherence scales may not be valid in this population.

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Diabetes MellitusGlycemic ControlCross-Sectional StudiesHumansIndiaRural PopulationSelf ReportDiabetesMedication adherenceNCDsRural IndiaSelf-reported adherence

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PMID36336604
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