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Patients’ perspective of disease and medication adherence for type 2 diabetes in an urban area in Bangladesh: a qualitative study

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Research Notes, March 2017
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Title
Patients’ perspective of disease and medication adherence for type 2 diabetes in an urban area in Bangladesh: a qualitative study
Published in
BMC Research Notes, March 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13104-017-2454-7
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Authors

Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Tuhin Biswas, Faiz A. Bhuiyan, Kamrun Mustafa, Anwar Islam

Abstract

Patients' perspective of diabetes and adherence to its prescribed medications is a significant predictor of glycemic control and overall management of the disease. However, there is a paucity of such information in Bangladesh. This study aimed to explore patients' perspective of diabetes, their experience of taking oral hypoglycemic medications and explore factors that contribute to medication adherence in patients with type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh. We conducted in-depth face-to-face interviews with 12 type 2 diabetes patients attending a tertiary hospital in Dhaka city between February and March, 2014. Participants were purposively sampled representing different age groups, education levels, years since diagnosis with diabetes, and glycemic status, to achieve maximum variation sampling. All interviews were conducted using a topic guide and were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, checked for errors, coded and analyzed by means of a qualitative content analysis framework. The data analysis generated rich information on the participants' knowledge and perception on diabetes, its causes, self-management, medication use, adverse effects of medication use, medication adherence, and impact of diabetes, Although most of the participants demonstrated substantive knowledge on diabetes and its consequences, they also reported numerous misconceptions about the disease. Knowledge on diabetes medication, their appropriate use and side effects was rather poor. Respondents also reported non-compliance to dietary and physical activity advice by their physicians and concerns on diabetes diabetes-induced psychological stress. High cost of medications, concerns over medication side effects and forgetfulness was noted as factors for non-adherence to medication. Participants' knowledge and perception on diabetes are key factors determining their adherence to medications and, thereby, diabetes management. Healthcare providers should explore to better understand patients' perspective on diabetes, medication beliefs, identify psychological stress and provide more effective health education interventions to enhance medication adherence.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Bangladesh 1 <1%
Unknown 220 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 28 13%
Student > Bachelor 27 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 9%
Researcher 15 7%
Student > Postgraduate 14 6%
Other 44 20%
Unknown 73 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 54 24%
Nursing and Health Professions 37 17%
Social Sciences 10 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 9 4%
Psychology 7 3%
Other 22 10%
Unknown 82 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 October 2019.
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#5,934,637
of 22,961,203 outputs
Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#885
of 4,282 outputs
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#95,864
of 309,329 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#11
of 49 outputs
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