Development of a new diabetes medication self-efficacy scale and its association with both reported problems in using diabetes medications and self-reported adherence
Author
Sleath, Betsy; Carpenter, Delesha M; Blalock, Susan J; Davis, Scott A; Hickson, Ryan P; Lee, Charles; Ferreri, Stefanie P; Scott, Jennifer E; Rodebaugh, Lisa B; Cummings, Doyle M.
Abstract
Background: Although there are several different general diabetes self-efficacy scales, there is a need to develop a self-efficacy scale that providers can use to assess patient’s self-efficacy regarding medication use. The purpose of this study was to: 1) develop a new diabetes medication self-efficacy scale and 2) examine how diabetes medication self-efficacy is associated with patient-reported problems in using diabetes medications and self-reported adherence. Patients and methods: Adult English-speaking patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited from a family medicine clinic and a pharmacy in Eastern North Carolina, USA. The patients were eligible if they reported being nonadherent to their diabetes medicines on a visual analog scale. Multivariable regression was used to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and the number of reported diabetes medication problems and adherence.
Results: The diabetes medication self-efficacy scale had strong reliability (Cronbach’s alpha =0.86). Among a sample (N=51) of mostly African-American female patients, diabetes medication problems were common (6.1±3.1) and a greater number of diabetes medications were associated with lower medication adherence (odds ratio: 0.35; 95% confidence interval: 0.13, 0.89). Higher medication self-efficacy was significantly related to medication adherence (odds ratio: 1.17; 95% confidence interval: 1.05, 1.30) and inversely related to the number of self-reported medication problems (β=-0.13; P=0.006).
Conclusion: Higher diabetes medication self-efficacy was associated with fewer patient- reported medication problems and better medication adherence. Assessing medication-specific self-efficacy may help to identify medication-related problems that providers can help the patients address, potentially improving adherence and patient outcomes.
Keywords: diabetes, adherence, self-efficacy, literacy
Date
2016-06-07
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APA:
Sleath, Betsy, & Carpenter, Delesha M, & Blalock, Susan J, & Davis, Scott A, & Hickson, Ryan P, & Lee, Charles, & Ferreri, Stefanie P, & Scott, Jennifer E, & Rodebaugh, Lisa B, & Cummings, Doyle M.. (June 2016).
Development of a new diabetes medication self-efficacy scale and its association with both reported problems in using diabetes medications and self-reported adherence.
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Sleath, Betsy, and Carpenter, Delesha M, and Blalock, Susan J, and Davis, Scott A, and Hickson, Ryan P, and Lee, Charles, and Ferreri, Stefanie P, and Scott, Jennifer E, and Rodebaugh, Lisa B, and Cummings, Doyle M..
"Development of a new diabetes medication self-efficacy scale and its association with both reported problems in using diabetes medications and self-reported adherence". .
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June 2016.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8500.
Chicago:
Sleath, Betsy and Carpenter, Delesha M and Blalock, Susan J and Davis, Scott A and Hickson, Ryan P and Lee, Charles and Ferreri, Stefanie P and Scott, Jennifer E and Rodebaugh, Lisa B and Cummings, Doyle M.,
"Development of a new diabetes medication self-efficacy scale and its association with both reported problems in using diabetes medications and self-reported adherence," , no.
(June 2016),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8500 (accessed
September 22, 2023).
AMA:
Sleath, Betsy, Carpenter, Delesha M, Blalock, Susan J, Davis, Scott A, Hickson, Ryan P, Lee, Charles, Ferreri, Stefanie P, Scott, Jennifer E, Rodebaugh, Lisa B, Cummings, Doyle M..
Development of a new diabetes medication self-efficacy scale and its association with both reported problems in using diabetes medications and self-reported adherence. .
June 2016;
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/8500. Accessed
September 22, 2023.
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