Assessment of adherence to physician recommendations among patients with diagnosed diabetes mellitus type 2
Abstract
Introduction. Adherence to physician recommendations and the principles of healthy lifestyle is the key to avoid diabetic complications. Daily physical activity, a healthy diet and adherence to drug therapy can delay the development of the disease and its complications, leading to an increased life expectancy.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the adherence to physician recommendations among patients with diagnosed diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2).
Material and methods. We studied 57 patients, including 27 women (47.4%) and 30 men (52.6%) diagnosed with DM2. The patients were hospitalized in the Department of Diabetology and Internal Diseases at the Independent Public Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw in April–August 2019. The average age was 57 years in women and 58 years in men. We analyzed the answers obtained from the respondents in response to the original questionnaire developed by the authors.
Results. We found that 70% of respondents did not follow dietary recommendations, 52% regularly consumed fast foods, 82% consumed sweets, 15% consumed the recommended amount of vegetables, 92% consumed meat at least once a day, and 39% were physically inactive. Among those declaring any physical activity, the most commonly reported type of activity was walking (32 patients or 56%).
Conclusions. The adherence to physician recommendations in patients with diagnosed DM2 is unsatisfactory. The available solutions lack cooperation within multi-specialist teams.
Keywords: diabetes mellitus type 2adherencecompliance
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