Abstract
Discriminant analysis of treatment adherence in insulindependet diabetes mellitus. In this study we present the outcome of a research wich was carried out on 63 insulindependent diabetic patients from the Endocrinology department of a hospital in Madrid. Our goal was to assess the relationship between psychosocial variables and treatment adherence and to found a discriminant function with which it was possible to classify the patients in base to the assessed adherence level. Results show a positive relationship between self-reported therapeutic adhesion and metabolic control. We could also observe that physical activity as well as relationship with medical staff were the main variables to determine treatment adherence.
