The Association between Diabetes-Related Distress and Medication Adherence in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Background and clinical characteristics of patients with T2DM receiving treatment at Pantang Hospital.

	Frequency	Percent
Age
≤50	41	21.81
51-60	62	32.98
61+	85	45.21
Sex
Female	136	72.34
Male	52	27.66
Glucose: median (LQ, UQ)	7.8 (6.4, 11)
Comorbidity
No	77	40.96
Yes	111	59.04
Number of medications
One	31	16.58
Two	69	36.90
Three	54	28.88
Four or more	33	17.65
PAID score
Not highly distressed ()	104	55.32
Highly distressed ()	84	44.68
MARS-5 score
Low medication adherence ()	125	66.49
Medication adherent (MARS score of 25)	63	33.51

SD: standard deviation; LQ: lower quartile; UQ: upper quartile.