Description of Adherence Level of Antidiabetic Medication in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Dr. Soediran Mangun Sumarso Wonogiri Hospital

Abstract

Medication adherence in diabetes mellitus patients is very important and is one of the keys of the success of diabetes mellitus therapy. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics and level of antidiabetics medication adherence to in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Dr. Soediran Mangun Sumarso Hospital. Sampling technique used by total sampling technique, because the average number of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus per month is 66 patients, relatively small (less than 100), so the entire population is used as sample. The number of samples in this study were 91 patients. Research data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to patients at the internist policlinic at Dr. Soediran Mangun Sumarso Hospital. Respondent’s characteristics data were analyzed descriptively, consist of gender, age, education, duration of diabetes mellitus, number of antidiabetic drugs, comorditities, insurance owned and occupation. The results showed that the characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at Dr.Soediran Mangun Sumarso was dominated by 56 female respondents (62%). Most of the respondents were in the 55-65 years category with 32 respondents (35%), with the last formal education in senior high school or higher of 55 respondents (60.5%). The majority of respondents have worked as many as 62 respondents (88%) and antidiabetic therapy which in most widely used as many as 29 respondents (31,9%) as a single oral therapy, and combination oral therapy with 2 drugs as many as 29 respondents (31,9%). The level of antidiabetic medication adherence in outpatients at the internist polyclinic at Dr. Soediran Mangun Sumarso Wonogiri Hospital was classified as low adherence level category as many as 49 respondents (54%) and 42 respondents (46%) are in the high adherence level category.