Perceived Benefits to Treatment Adherence, Perceived Barriers to Treatment Adherence, and Level of Treatment Adherence among Indonesian Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

The purpose of this descriptive correlation study is to describe the level of perceived benefits and the level of perceived barriers to treatment adherence and the level of treatment adherence, and to examine the relationship between these variables and level of treatment adherence among Indonesian older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study is important for health care providers and no one has reported a study done on this population.  Purposive sampling technique was used to recruit study participants among members of PERSADIA (Indonesian Diabetes Association) in Bandar Lampung city, Indonesia.  There were 164 participants that met the inclusion criteria, and the study had 100% response rate.   Each consenting participant was asked to fill in the demographic and health information form and a scaled questionnaire on perceived benefits to treatment adherence, perceived barriers to treatment adherence for treatment adherence, and treatment adherence. Three experts on diabetes validated the instruments and Cronbach’s alpha of the reliability test was high. The data analysis used descriptive statistics and Pearson’s correlation test.  The findings show that the level of perceived benefits to treatment adherence was high, perceived barriers to treatment adherence was low, and level of treatment adherence moderate. There is a significant positive correlation between perceived benefits to treatment adherence and level of treatment adherence and a significant negative correlation between perceived barriers to treatment adherence and perceived benefits to treatment adherence and level of treatment adherence.  The positive perception of treatment adherence among Indonesian older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus is attributable in part to the supportive roles of the health care providers and the family members of the study participants.