Relationship between treatment satisfaction and intension to drop out in outpatients with type 2 diabetes

Yoshifumi Saisho, Hiroshi Itoh

研究成果: Article査読

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The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between treatment satisfaction and dropout rates. We conducted an outpatient questionnaire and examined the relationship between treatment satisfaction evaluated by the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ) and intension to drop out The DTSQ score was significantly lower in the patients who had the intension to drop out compared with those who did not (21.6 ± 6.9 vs. 26.2 ± 6.2, P = 0.006). Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed that the DTSQ score could predict intension to drop out (area under the curve 0.696, P = 0.006), and the best cutoff value was 22.5 (63.2 % sensitivity and 70.8 % specificity). These results indicate a significant correlation between treatment satisfaction and intension to drop out. An attempt to increase treatment satisfaction may be an important strategy to reduce the intension to drop out and possibly the dropout rate.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)768-773
ページ数6
ジャーナルJournal of the Japan Diabetes Society
55
10
出版ステータスPublished - 2012 10月 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 内科学
  • 内分泌学、糖尿病および代謝内科学
  • 内分泌学

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