The Association between Diabetes-Related Distress and Medication Adherence in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Association between background and clinical characteristics and medication adherence status of patients with T2DM receiving treatment at Pantang Hospital.
Adherent (MARS-5 score of 25)
Chi-square
value
Adjusted logistic regression model
No, (%)
Yes, (%)
Odds ratio
value
Sex
0.3
0.587
0.370
Female
92 (67.65)
44 (32.35)
ref
Male
33 (63.46)
19 (36.54)
1.41 (0.67–2.98)
Age
1.19
0.551
0.422
≤50
30 (73.17)
11 (26.83)
ref
51-60
39 (62.9)
23 (37.1)
1.86 (0.73–4.75)
61±
56 (65.88)
29 (34.12)
1.41 (0.56–3.52)
Glucose level: median (LQ, UQ)
8.4 (6.6, 11.3)
7.1 (6.2, 10.5)
0.056§
0.98 (0.91–1.07)
0.721
Number of medications
5.79
0.122
0.161
One
19 (61.29)
12 (38.71)
ref
Two
51 (73.91)
18 (26.09)
0.66 (0.24–1.78)
Three
38 (70.37)
16 (29.63)
0.71 (0.25–2.00)
Four or more
17 (51.52)
16 (48.48)
1.83 (0.58–5.81)
Comorbidity
0.01
0.951
0.471
No
51 (66.23)
26 (33.77)
ref
Yes
74 (66.67)
37 (33.33)
0.76 (0.36–1.61)
High distress
12.01
0.001
0.002
No
58 (55.77)
46 (44.23)
ref
Yes
67 (79.76)
17 (20.24)
0.32 (0.15–0.65)
%: row percentages; : number of observations; ,, and ; CI: confidence interval; ref: reference category; LQ: lower quartile; UQ: upper quartile; §: value obtained from a Wilcoxon rank sum test.
