Accepted Manuscript Title: Patient Satisfaction and Medication Adherence Assessment Amongst Patients at the Diabetes Medication Therapy Adherence Clinic Author: Zanariah Abu Bakar Mathumalar Loganathan Fahrni Tahir Mehmood Khan PII: DOI: Reference:
S1871-4021(16)30002-9 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2016.03.015 DSX 588
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Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews
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10-1-2016 5-3-2016
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Zanariah Abu Bakar,1 Mathumalar Loganathan Fahrni 1,2 & Tahir Mehmood Khan 3 Faculty of Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Puncak Alam Campus, 42300, Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia. 2 Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences, Communities of Research, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 3 School of Pharmacy, Monash University, Bandar Sunway 45700, Selangor Malaysia.
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Tahir Mehmood Khan, BPharm, MClinPharm, PhD Address: Academic School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia E-mail:
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Aims: To determine the satisfaction and current adherence status of diabetes mellitus patients at the diabetes MTAC (DMTAC) and its between patient satisfaction and adherence. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out at three government hospitals in the state of Johor, Malaysia. Patients satisfaction was measured using the Patient Satisfaction with Pharmaceutical Care Questionnaire (PSPCQ); medication adherence was measured using the eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS). Results: of n= 165 patients, 87.0% of patients were satisfied with DMTAC service (score 60100) with mean scores of 76.8. On the basis of MMAS, 29.1% had a medium rate and 26.1% had a high rate of adherence. Females are 3.02 times more satisfied with the pharmaceutical service compared to males (OR 3.03, 95% CI 1.12-8.24, p
