Apego al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes con diagnóstico de diabetes mellitus tipo 2

This article recounts a comparative cross-sectional study that was conducted between 1997 and 1998 among 150 type II diabetic patients at the Family Medicine Unit No. 33 of the Mexican Social Security Institute in Chihuahua, Mexico. Its objective was to establish the frecuency of compliance to pharmacological therapy, and to identify non-compliance factors, in relation to metabolic control on patients with type II diabetes mellitus. Compliance to drug therapy was measured by counting tablets at home. Metabolic control was measured through glucosilated hemoglobine.