Adherence and Associated Factors towards Antidiabetic Medication among Type II Diabetic Patients on Follow-Up at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Clinical and medication characteristic of respondents, GUH, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013.

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Duration of DM (yrs)
1/12–3	98	34.0
≥3	190	66.0
Duration of treatment (yrs)
1/12–3	113	39.2
≥3	175	60.8
Type of treatment
OHA	181	62.8
OHA + insulin	44	15.3
Insulin	63	21.9
Number of tablets/day
≤2	105	36.5
>2	183	63.5
Number of drugs
Monotherapy	142	49.3
Two drugs	143	49.7
Three or more drugs	3	1.0
Frequency of daily dose
once	25	8.7
BID	93	32.3
TID or more	170	59.0
Number of comorbidities
None	122	42.4
One	119	41.3
Two	42	14.6
Three or more	5	1.7
Who pays for medications
Self	163	56.6
Family	12	4.2
Government/free	108	37.5
Welfare/charity	1	0.3
Employer	4	1.4
Alcohol use
Never	170	59.0
Sometimes	110	38.2
Often	6	2.1
Always	2	0.7