METHODS

STUDY DESIGN: Cross Sectional Observational study

STUDY AREA: Three public health hospitals in south india
STUDY DURATION: 6 months(July to December)
STUDY TOOL: Morisky 8 item Medication Adherence Questionaire
SAMPLE SIZE: 200

SAMPLING METHOD: Convenience sampling

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: t-test was used
INCLUSION CRITERIA:
• History of DM for atleast a year
• Currently under medical care for diabetes
• Willingness to participate

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
• Patients with physical or mental conditions which may interfere
with participants ability to understand or answer questions
MORISKY 8-ITEM MEDICATION ADHERENCE
QUESTIONAIRE
 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• Data recorded were entered in microsoft excel 2018
• Data were expressed in actual numbers, mean +/- standard deviation
and percentage
• t-test was used to compare the means between two groups
• The probability p<0.05 is considered as statistically significant