Association Between Diabetic Control And Anti-Diabetic Medication Adherence Using 8-Point Morisky Medication Adherence Scale In Local Population Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Objective: To assess the correlation between medication adherence and control of diabetes. Materials & Methods: This research was conducted as a cross-sectional study. It was scheduled between July 2022 to December 2022 in the medical outpatient department of Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar. Results: 110 individuals were inducted in this study. The mean age across the study sample was 50.25 ± 11.97 years with 58 (52.73%) males and 52 (47.27%) females. The average duration of diabetes across the sample was 6.1 ± 3.69 years. The most common comorbidity among the study population was hypertension, seen in 59 (53.94%) diabetic patients. Among all 110 individuals, only 29 (26.36%) had good glycemic control (HbA1c <7%) with an average glycosylated haemoglobin percentage measuring 8.29% ± 1.59%. According to the MMAS-8 score, 25 (22.73%) patients reported good adherence, 31 (28.18%) reported fair adherence, and the remaining 54 (49.09%) were found to have poor adherence. The average MMAS-8 score was 5.17. A rise of 1 point of MMAS-8 was correlated with a fall of HbA1c by 0.247%. Conclusion: A negative correlation exists between poor anti-diabetic medication adherence and MMAS-8 score. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]