Treatment Adherence of Diabetic Patients Attending Diabetic Clinic

Adherence to the treatment of diabetic patients is always a challenge. Hence the study was carried out to find out the effectiveness of the diabetic clinic, in improving the adherence of patients. Study subjects: Patients with known DM attending Diabetic clinic of Medical College Hospital, Sangli. Study design: Cross Sectional study. Study duration: 6 months. Study Tools: Pre tested proforma with written consent of the DM patient. Sampling techniques: all the patients attending diabetic clinic were interviewed once. Sample size: 282. Adherence to pharmacological treatment was 93.3 %, while adherence to non pharmacological treatment, was 78.3 % and 95 % respectively. Statistically highly significant difference was found for the adherence to advice like reducing sugar consumption, in rural and urban patients. Similarly the observed difference was found to be highly significant for the adherence to advice like carrying out daily exercise compared between male and female. Unaffordable drug price was one of the main causes of non-adherence. Adherence to treatment of diabetic patients can be improved with effective and efficient diabetic clinic.