Abstract:

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the perceived stress and depression level of diabetes and hypertension patients who applied to the family medicine outpatient clinic and to investigate its relationship with the treatment compliance of the patients. Methods: A total of 201 people over the age of 18 who were followed up in the family medicine outpatient clinic with the diagnosis of Hypertension and Diabetes were included in the study. The study consisted of three different groups of hypertension patients, diabetes patients and healthy volunteers. Beck Depression Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, Morisky Medication Adherence Scale-8 and sociodemographic data questionnaire were administered to the participants by face-to-face interview technique. Results: In our study, depression and perceived stress scores were lower in the healthy group compared to the other groups (p<0.05). Morisky medication adherence scale scores were 5.7±2.18 and 5.39±2.29 in the HT and DM patient groups, respectively, and 46.3% had a low compliance score. Factors such as education level, presence of additional disease, dietary compliance, physical activity status, and smoking were found to play an active role in medication compliance (p<0.05). It was observed that patients with high depression and stress scores had low adherence to medication adherence (p<0.001). Conclusion: Hypertensive and diabetic patients with high depression and perceived stress scores were found to have low adherence to medication adherence.