Study on the correlation between social support and drug compliance in patients with metabolic syndrome
LI Weijia
LI Zhe
CAI Feiyue
AI Mei
HUANG Zhiwei
Abstract：Objective:To investigate the correlation between social support and drug compliance in patients with metabolic syndrome in order to provide a new idea for improving drug compliance.Methods:A total of 140 patients with metabolic syndrome were randomly selected.the social support rating scale was used to evaluate the social support, and the Morisky medication compliance scale was used to evaluate the drug compliance.Results:The total score of social support for patients with metabolic syndrome was (31.27±4.48), and the compliance score was (4.26±1.33).The social support was positively correlated with drug compliance (r=0.436, P＜0.01).Conclusions:The patients with metabolic syndrome had lower social support and drug compliance and those with higher social support have higher medication compliance.Medical staff should take measures to improve the patient′s social support.
Keywords：metabolic syndromesocial supportdrug compliance
Publication Date：2019-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 135-137 )