Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in Morocco
BACKGROUND: Medication adherence is a key factor in controlling chronic diseases, particularly diabetes and high blood pressure. We aimed to describe the level of medication adherence of patients with diabetes or high blood pressure in urban and rural areas in Morocco and to identify the factors ass...
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| author | Samira Essoli Latifa Adarmouch Adil Mansouri Sarah Michaud Majda Sebbani Mohamed Amine |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Medication adherence is a key factor in controlling chronic diseases, particularly diabetes and high blood pressure. We aimed to describe the level of medication adherence of patients with diabetes or high blood pressure in urban and rural areas in Morocco and to identify the factors associated with medication
non-adherence.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 1, 2019 to January 30, 2020, among participants recruited from primary health centers in Morocco. The Girard questionnaire was used to measure medication adherence, and bivariate and multivariate analyses were done using SPSS software.
RESULTS: A total of 502 patients were recruited, with a majority of women (70.5%). According to the Girard questionnaire, a minority of our patients had good adherence to medication (11.8%), less than half had low adherence (38.4%), and half were non-adherent (50%). The factors associated with medication non-adherence for patients with diabetes were living in rural areas, being overweight, taking antidiabetic oral drugs, and suffering from dyslipidemia. Concerning the patients with high blood pressure, medication non-adherence was higher among patients with dyslipidemia, overweight patients, and those who benefited from a free treatment. For patients suffering from both, the associated factors of non-adherence were taking oral drugs, a multi-therapy of anti-hypertensive drugs, and shorter diabetes duration.
CONCLUSION: This study highlighted several matters concerning medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases. Healthcare professionals should encourage and help their patients to take their medications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-682f6cec4d1145d9b5818afe73eaf1322025-08-20T02:47:45ZengVesnu PublicationsChronic Diseases Journal2588-72972345-22262025-01-011314956https://doi.org/10.22122/cdj.v13i1.748Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in MoroccoSamira Essoli0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8368-4297Latifa Adarmouch1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9543-6899Adil Mansouri2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2192-3838Sarah Michaud3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7317-9174Majda Sebbani4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5827-1098Mohamed Amine5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-277XClinical Research Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital AND Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Bioscience, Health, and Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, MoroccoClinical Research Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital AND Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Bioscience, Health, and Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, MoroccoClinical Research Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital AND Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Bioscience, Health, and Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, MoroccoClinical Research Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital AND Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Bioscience, Health, and Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, MoroccoClinical Research Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital AND Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Bioscience, Health, and Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, MoroccoClinical Research Department, Mohammed VI University Hospital AND Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Bioscience, Health, and Research Laboratory, School of Medicine, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, MoroccoBACKGROUND: Medication adherence is a key factor in controlling chronic diseases, particularly diabetes and high blood pressure. We aimed to describe the level of medication adherence of patients with diabetes or high blood pressure in urban and rural areas in Morocco and to identify the factors associated with medication non-adherence. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 1, 2019 to January 30, 2020, among participants recruited from primary health centers in Morocco. The Girard questionnaire was used to measure medication adherence, and bivariate and multivariate analyses were done using SPSS software. RESULTS: A total of 502 patients were recruited, with a majority of women (70.5%). According to the Girard questionnaire, a minority of our patients had good adherence to medication (11.8%), less than half had low adherence (38.4%), and half were non-adherent (50%). The factors associated with medication non-adherence for patients with diabetes were living in rural areas, being overweight, taking antidiabetic oral drugs, and suffering from dyslipidemia. Concerning the patients with high blood pressure, medication non-adherence was higher among patients with dyslipidemia, overweight patients, and those who benefited from a free treatment. For patients suffering from both, the associated factors of non-adherence were taking oral drugs, a multi-therapy of anti-hypertensive drugs, and shorter diabetes duration. CONCLUSION: This study highlighted several matters concerning medication adherence among patients with chronic diseases. Healthcare professionals should encourage and help their patients to take their medications.http://cdjournal.muk.ac.ir/index.php/cdj/article/view/748medication adherencechronic diseasesdiabetes mellitushypertensionmorocco |
| spellingShingle | Samira Essoli Latifa Adarmouch Adil Mansouri Sarah Michaud Majda Sebbani Mohamed Amine Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in Morocco Chronic Diseases Journal medication adherence chronic diseases diabetes mellitus hypertension morocco |
| title | Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in Morocco |
| title_full | Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in Morocco |
| title_fullStr | Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in Morocco |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in Morocco |
| title_short | Medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers: Cross-sectional study in Morocco |
| title_sort | medication adherence of diabetic and hypertensive patients attending primary health care centers cross sectional study in morocco |
| topic | medication adherence chronic diseases diabetes mellitus hypertension morocco |
| url | http://cdjournal.muk.ac.ir/index.php/cdj/article/view/748 |
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