Objective: To determine the association between knowledge about Diabetes Mellitus and adherence to treatment in patients of the Jorge Reátegui Piura Hospital 2019. Methods: Study carried out in 236 patients from the Jorge Reátegui - Piura Hospital, who attended the endocrinology office during 2019. Adherence and level of knowledge were evaluated through questionnaires: Morisky Green-8 test (high, medium or low adherence) and Test Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire 24 (adequate and inadequate). Multinomial logistic regression was applied between the variables, in SPSS v.25. Results: Inadequate knowledge predominated (68.2%); over the adequate (31.8%). Adherence was low (38.6%); medium (31.4%) and high (30.0%). An association was found between knowledge and adherence to treatment (p = 0.001). Also, between educational level (p = 0.002) and origin (p = 0.037). If the patient does not presen...

Objective: To determine the association between knowledge about Diabetes Mellitus and adherence to treatment in patients of the Jorge Reátegui Piura Hospital 2019. Methods: Study carried out in 236 patients from the Jorge Reátegui - Piura Hospital, who attended the endocrinology office during 2019. Adherence and level of knowledge were evaluated through questionnaires: Morisky Green-8 test (high, medium or low adherence) and Test Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire 24 (adequate and inadequate). Multinomial logistic regression was applied between the variables, in SPSS v.25. Results: Inadequate knowledge predominated (68.2%); over the adequate (31.8%). Adherence was low (38.6%); medium (31.4%) and high (30.0%). An association was found between knowledge and adherence to treatment (p = 0.001). Also, between educational level (p = 0.002) and origin (p = 0.037). If the patient does not presen...