Hospital environment, family functioning, and active coping as predictors of adherence to pharmacological treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) is a public health problem in Mexico because of its high rates of morbidity and mortality associated to a lack of adherence to pharmacological treatment. The objective of the present study was to analyze adherence to pharmacological treatment using a structural model. A quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive, cross-sectional, and correlational-explanatory study was carried out with a convenience sample of 261 people with T2DM (64% women and 36% men), a mean age of 52.93 years, and diagnosis of T2DM in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The structural model demonstrates that hospital environment and family functioning have a positive and significant effect on adherence to pharmacological treatment; in turn, these two second-order factors mediated adherence to pharmacological treatment through active coping strategies.