The relationship between patients’ perception of type 2 diabetes and medication adherence: a cross-sectional study in Japan

Table 2 The correlation between the total medication adherence score and patient characteristics

	Total medication adherence score
	coefficient of Spearman’s correlation	p-value
Sex	0.018	0.821
Age (years)	0.098	0.217
BMI	−0.171	0.031*
Diabetes duration (years)	0.154	0.053
HbA1c (%)	− 0.041	0.658
Family history of diabetes	0.244	0.002*
Complications
retinopathy	0.119	0.134
nephropathy	0.008	0.919
neuropathy	0.066	0.41
cardiovascular	0.136	0.088
non	−0.101	0.206
Therapy
exercise therapy	0.068	0.397
diet therapy	0.112	0.159
insulin therapy	−0.029	0.72
Diabetes knowledge	0.169	0.033*
Number of medications	0.114	0.185
Number of doses per day	0.154	0.073
Patients’ perception
Factor 1. Feeling of inferiority	−0.119	0.134
Factor 2. Living an orderly life	0.253	0.001**
Factor 3. Feeling of restriction	0.059	0.461
Factor 4. Feeling miserable	0.039	0.63
Factor 5. Feeling of getting into trouble	0.064	0.428
Factor 6. Feeling of overindulgence	0.205	0.009**
Factor 7. Feeling of importance	0.035	0.665

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