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Volume 3 Current Research: Integrative Medicine Nursing Care & ICNND 2018
October 22-23, 2018
October 22-23, 2018 Madrid, Spain
46th World Congress on
Nursing Care, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
Norfidah Mohamad et al., J Current Res: Int Medicine 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2529-797X-C2-005
The role of social support environment in medication adherence among individuals with type-2 diabetes
mellitus
Norfidah Mohamad and Zamzaliza Abdul Mulud
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
The National Health Morbidity Survey (NHMS) reported that the prevalence of Malaysian with Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is 11.6%
and 14.6% for individuals age 18 and above and 30 and above, respectively. Adherence to medications is an important aspect in
patients’ management as many studies reported that non-adherence to medication could lead to hospitalization and higher mortality
rates among this population. Thus, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of non-compliance of medication and to examine
the association between medication adherences with social support among patients with type-2 DM in Malaysia (n=173). A cross
sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire which consists of three parts; socio-demographic data, the
Morisky scale to measure medication adherence and the Medical Outcome Study Modified Social Support Survey (MOS MSSS).
Results showed that 2.4% of the total number of patients demonstrating a low level of compliance towards the medication. The most
common types of social support received by patients were affectionate support which has been proved throughout previous studies
to have effect on DM patients’ quality of life. Surprisingly, the lowest type of social support reported by the patients was emotional
support. There was a significant positive correlation between medication adherence and social support (rho=0.154, p=0.043). Finding
of this study was in agreement with previous studies that social support was the main determinant of compliance to medication.
Among all the sources of social support, doctors (physician) were selected by patient as the main source of support followed by
spouse, children and nurses. Findings from the present research contribute to the growing evidence on the role of social support
environment towards medication adherence among individuals with type-2 DM. Thus, future research regarding the development of
interventions on importance of social support and medication adherence is suggested among this population.
Biography
Norfidah Mohamad is a Senior Lecturer in Centre for Nursing Studies, UiTM, Selangor, Malaysia. Her specialization is in critical care nursing. Her research work
and interest are in the area of critical care nursing which focuses in intensive care nursing and cardiology nursing.