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Compliance with chronic disease regimens: diabetes. 1988

M Friedman

Patient compliance with the prescribed management regimen is presented as the fourth component responsible for control of blood sugar in insulin-taking diabetics, along with insulin dose, food consumed, and exercise performed. Noncompliance is ascribed to a large variety of reasons which vary in importance from diabetic to diabetic. A survey of ten diabetic women, two of whom were uremic and eight of whom were renal transplant recipients, was conducted to assess their compliance with advised shoe prescriptions. Observed compliance with wearing acceptable shoes is delineated as occurring because it fits with patients' life-styles. It was found that three of ten women refused to wear recommended footgear all of the time, whereas one woman varied her acceptance of advised shoes. Contracts between patients and health care team members are offered as a means of encouraging compliance; individualizing the health team's care of the patient is put forward as the most significant approach.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010349	Patient Compliance	Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen.	Client Adherence,Client Compliance,Non-Adherent Patient,Patient Adherence,Patient Cooperation,Patient Noncompliance,Patient Non-Adherence,Patient Non-Compliance,Patient Nonadherence,Therapeutic Compliance,Treatment Compliance,Adherence, Client,Adherence, Patient,Client Compliances,Compliance, Client,Compliance, Patient,Compliance, Therapeutic,Compliance, Treatment,Cooperation, Patient,Non Adherent Patient,Non-Adherence, Patient,Non-Adherent Patients,Non-Compliance, Patient,Nonadherence, Patient,Noncompliance, Patient,Patient Non Adherence,Patient Non Compliance,Patient, Non-Adherent,Therapeutic Compliances,Treatment Compliances
D003920	Diabetes Mellitus	A heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by HYPERGLYCEMIA and GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE.
D003927	Diet, Diabetic	A course of food intake prescribed for patients, that limits the amount of foods with a high GLYCEMIC INDEX.	Diabetic Diet,Diabetic Diets,Diets, Diabetic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015444	Exercise	Physical activity which is usually regular and done with the intention of improving or maintaining PHYSICAL FITNESS or HEALTH. Contrast with PHYSICAL EXERTION which is concerned largely with the physiologic and metabolic response to energy expenditure.	Aerobic Exercise,Exercise, Aerobic,Exercise, Isometric,Exercise, Physical,Isometric Exercise,Physical Activity,Acute Exercise,Exercise Training,Activities, Physical,Activity, Physical,Acute Exercises,Aerobic Exercises,Exercise Trainings,Exercise, Acute,Exercises,Exercises, Acute,Exercises, Aerobic,Exercises, Isometric,Exercises, Physical,Isometric Exercises,Physical Activities,Physical Exercise,Physical Exercises,Training, Exercise,Trainings, Exercise