Psychological Factors Associated with Medication Adherence and Non- adherence among Diabetic Patients

Abstract

The present study aimed to find the association among social support, locus of control and types of personality
of diabetic patients. Total of 319 diabetic patients has been selected from Sawai Madopur District, Rajasthan using
purposive sampling technique and following co-relational research design for this study. A significant relationship
(χ2= 29.12, p=0.01) between different levels of social support and unintentional non-adherence is observed and it can be
said that social support is not independent from unintentional non-adherence among diabetic patients and there would be
some impact of social support of the diabetic patient in unintentional non-adherence to the medical treatment. Also, no
significant relationship (χ2=0.98) between different levels of locus of control & unintentional non-adherence were seen.
From this, it can be inferred that there may not have any role of LOC of the diabetic patient in unintentional nonadherence

to the medical treatment. Similarly, no significant relationship (χ2=3.25) between different types of
personality and unintentional non-adherence is observed. Hence it is safe to infer that type of Personality is independent
from unintentional non-adherence among diabetic patients and may not have any role of type of Personality of the
diabetic patient in unintentional non-adherence to the medical treatment.