title: Medication adherence and quality of life among the elderly with diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: METHODS
  one hundred (n=100) elderly outpatients with diabetic retinopathy taking antihypertensives and/or oral antidiabetics/insulin were interviewed. Adherence was evaluated by the adherence proportion and its association with the care taken in administrating medications and by the Morisky Scale. The National Eye Institute Visual Functioning Questionnaire (NEI VFQ-25) was used to evaluate HRQoL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  most (58%) reported the use of 80% or more of the prescribed dose and care in utilizing the medication. The item "stopping the drug when experiencing an adverse event", from the Morisky Scale, explained 12.8% and 13.5% of the variability of adherence proportion to antihypertensives and oral antidiabetics/insulin, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  there was better HRQoL in the Color Vision, Driving and Social Functioning domains of the NEI VFQ-25. Individuals with lower scores on the NEI VFQ-25 and higher scores on the Morisky Scale presented greater chance to be nonadherent to the pharmacological treatment of diabetes and hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Freire
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Jannuzzi
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Aparecida
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Cintra
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Roberta Cunha Matheus
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Thaís Moreira
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: São-João
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gallani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin