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Adherence to insulin therapy and associated factors among type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients on follow up in Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia

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  • Feleke Hailu Chefik
  • Tesfaye Assefa Tadesse
  • Bruce John Edward Quisido
  • Adem Esmael Roba

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Background: Non-adherence to insulin therapy is a major global public health issue that has a causal relationship with increased diabetic complications that leads to further increase in the health care cost. However, adherence to insulin therapy and associated factors among diabetic mellitus (DM) patients are still not studied adequately in Ethiopia. Objective: To assess the adherence to insulin therapy and associated factors among type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients on follow-up at Madda Walabu University—Goba Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia. Method: An institution-based, cross-sectional study was employed among 311 both type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients, Madda Walabu University—Goba Referral Hospital from March 4 to April 30, 2020. Study participants were recruited with simple random sampling method. Adherence to insulin therapy was measured by 8-item Morisky medication adherence scale. Therefore from these 8-items, those who score 6 or more are considered as adherent to insulin therapy. The data were collected through interviewer administered questionnaires by trained graduating class nurse students. The data were entered to Epidata version 3.1, and analyzed with SPSS version 25. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with adherence to insulin therapy. Statistical significance were declared at p

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  • Feleke Hailu Chefik & Tesfaye Assefa Tadesse & Bruce John Edward Quisido & Adem Esmael Roba, 2022. "Adherence to insulin therapy and associated factors among type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients on follow up in Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(6), pages 1-13, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0269919
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269919
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