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Original Article

Volume 11, Number 8, August 2019, pages 583-592

Adherence to Medication, Physical Activity and Diet in Older Adults With Diabetes: Its Association With Cognition, Anxiety and Depression

With an aging population worldwide between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of older persons will have risen from 15% today to 22% in 2050 [1], contributing to the increase of the prevalence of chronic diseases [2-4], also known as non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (e.g. heart attacks and strokes), cancer, chronic respiratory diseases (such as asthma and chronic obstructive respiratory disease) and diabetes, accounting for over 80% of all premature NCDs deaths [5].

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic pandemic disease affecting about 422 million people worldwide, and its prevalence will double in the next 20 years [6]. DM prevalence is estimated to be 22-33% in older people [7-9]. The type 2 DM (formerly called non-insulin-dependent or with adult-onset) results from the body’s ineffective use of insulin and is one of the most common chronic conditions among older people. The treatment of type 2 DM involves a healthy diet and physical activity (PA) along with control of blood glucose levels and a complex therapeutic regimen (oral hypoglycemic drugs and insulin therapy) and also management of risk factors that can contribute to the damage of blood vessels [10].

In older adults, in addition to the macro- and microvascular complications of DM, the association with other chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes (cognitive impairment, depression, urinary incontinence, falling and polypharmacy) makes the individual’s functional status very heterogeneous, so that it becomes more difficult to treat these patients [11]. Besides that, this treatment should be individualized and flexible, taking into account comorbid diseases and their physical, cognitive and social needs [12].

DM is one of the pathologies in which therapeutic adherence is crucial for the good management of this disease, in order to avoid both acute and chronic complications [13].

Therapeutic adherence is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “the extent to which a person’s behavior - taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes, corresponds with agreed recommendations from a healthcare provider” [14], considering this a primary factor for good chronic disease management.

Nevertheless, among older adults, the prevalence of therapeutic non-adherence is as high as 50% [15-19]. Furthermore, about 20% of these cases have prescribed medications, which they do not take [20].

Non-adherence has significant consequences for diabetes outcomes and the effectiveness of treatment. Particularly, several studies have reported this non-adherence to treatment, associated with an increase in mortality and hospitalization rates, resulting in higher healthcare expenses [21].

Evidence suggests that several risk factors are implicated in this therapeutic non-adherence, including sociodemographic characteristics (e.g. old age, male gender, low education and financial circumstances), physical and mental health (e.g. cognitive impairment, functional dependency, depression, anxiety), medication factors (e.g. complexity and multiple prescriptions, high costs) and factors related to the health care system (e.g. pharmacy accessibility, absence of follow-up) [22-28].

Concerning mental health, DM has been associated with an increased risk of psychiatric disorders, with particular emphasis on depression and anxiety [15]. In patients with DM compared with non-diabetic, the prevalence of depression doubles and up to 30% of diabetics have depressive symptoms, with more prolonged and recurrent episodes [29-32].

Depression has also been associated with worse self-care and therapeutic adherence, which could explain its relation to negative outcomes in DM [33, 34], such as poor quality of life, increase of healthcare service use [35], risk of complications [34] and death [36, 37].

The symptoms of depression that may cause the most interference include fatigue, loss of motivation and hopelessness [38].

In a meta-analysis study, the authors demonstrated a significant association between depression and non-adherence treatment in patients with DM, suggesting that depression may exacerbate this, since patients may have little interest in following therapeutic plans, may be more isolated and have low social network and family support [39-41].

Anxiety is another common mental disorder found in patients with DM. Some studies have shown that anxiety prevalence is twice as high in diabetic patients as in the general population [42-43], increasing in older adult patients [44].

The presence of marked anxiety symptoms may lead to non-adherence [45], in spite of this association not being completely clear and some studies presenting contradictory results, which may be explained by this anxiety symptoms heterogeneity [46, 47, 48].

Cognitive impairment is another important factor related to therapeutic non-adherence. In diabetic patients, this prevalence is higher than in non-diabetic persons [49, 50]. Several studies point to DM (particularly type 2) being associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment and even dementia [51, 52].

Cognitive dysfunction is of particular relevance in this context, because of its impact on diabetes self-care. Diabetes patients must be able to motorize glucose level, take medications and/or insulin injections and follow a diet and exercise plan. They also need to recognize, treat and prevent complications (e.g. hypoglycemia), and know how to react when ill. Performing models of care for diabetic foot and dental care, as well as attending medical appointments, may be other complex tasks involved in DM management [53, 54].

Bearing this in mind, patients with memory loss may double medication doses or forget to take it, forget insulin injections and to monitor blood glucose, as well as to eat on time. When executive functions, such as judgment, problem-solving, starting new behaviors, or stopping old behaviors are compromised, the patient may have difficulty in adapting to complex therapeutic regimens or new therapy, and change their routines [55-59].

Studies on the therapeutic adherence in older adult patients, with DM are scarce. Bearing this in mind, the present study aimed to analyze whether adherence to medication, PA and diet are associated with cognitive impairment and psychological factors (anxiety and depression) in DM older patients. This work also aimed to identity predictors of non-adherence to medication in these patients.

A cross-sectional study was carried out with older adult outpatients from the Internal Medicine Department of the Centro Hospitalar Universitario Sao Joao (CHUSJ), in Porto, Portugal. The following inclusion criteria were considered: 1) aged ≥ 65 years old and 2) diagnosis of diabetes, according to the American Diabetes Association [60] (fasting glucose plasma ≥ 126 mg/dL (7.0 mmol/L), or 2-h plasma glucose (PG) ≥ 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L) during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) or A1C ≥ 6.5% (48 mmol/mol), or in a patient with classic symptoms of hyperglycemia or hyperglycemic crisis, a random plasma glucose ≥ 200 mg/dL (11.1 mmol/L)). Patients were excluded if they were unable to communicate.

All eligible patients were screened by the researcher at a medical appointment. At the study enrolment, after informed consent, older adult patients were assessed with a research protocol, which includes a socio-demographic and clinical interview, as well as cognitive global and psychological measures. Complete socio-demographic characteristics of patients, including Graffar index (GI) [61, 62], and clinical parameters, such as body mass index (BMI) and Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) [63], comorbidities, medication and glycated hemoglobin levels were obtained through chart review, hospital records and clinical interview.

All participants included were assessed with the following instruments.

The GI is an international classification, established by Graffar [61], based on five criteria: education, occupation, income, household and neighborhood characteristics, to define the socio-economic status (SES). The sum of the scores in each one of the five criteria indicates the socio-economic class: I - upper class (5 - 9 points), II - upper-middle (10 - 13 points), III - middle (14 - 17 points), IV - low-middle (18 - 21 points) and V - low (22 - 25 points) [62].

The BMI was calculated using the following formula: BMI = weight (kg)/height (m)². Normal weight (BMI = 18.50 - 24.99), overweight (BMI = 25.00 - 29.99) and obese categories (BMI > 30) were considered [64].

The MMSE is the most widely used brief screening instrument for assessing cognitive mental status. It evaluates five areas of cognitive function, including orientation, memory, attention/calculation, language and visual construction. The total score ranges from 0 (impaired) to 30 (normal) [64]. In the present study, the Portuguese normative values were used, with the following interpretation to possible cognitive decline if MMSE ≤ 22 for subjects from 0 to 2 years of education, ≤ 24 for subjects with 3 - 6 years of education and ≤ 27 for those with ≥ 7 years of education [65, 66].

The HADS was developed by Zigmond and Snaith [67] as a practical tool to assess anxiety and depressive symptoms in a general medical population. The HADS contains 14 items and consists of two subscales: anxiety (HADS-A) and depression (HADS-D). Each item is rated on a four-point Likert scale (range 0 - 3). The total score is the sum of the 14 items, and for each subscale, the score is the sum of the respective seven items (ranging from 0 to 21). In the present study, the Portuguese version of HADS was used [68] and the following cut-off points were considered on either subscale: 0 - 7 (normal), 8 - 10 (mild), 11 - 14 (moderate) and 15 - 21 (severe).

Medication adherence was assessed based on the following measures: self-reporting accomplishment by the patient, using also the measure treatment adherence (MTA) scale [69], hemoglobin levels and physician clinical opinion, as well as confirmation of withdrawal of prescribed medication from the pharmacy records. Based on this information, patients were classified in one of the following three groups: non-adherent, partially adherent and adherent.

Regular PA was defined as the performance of at least one activity, such as walking, water aerobics and cycling, between 2 and 3 times per week, according to the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Sports Medicine guidelines [10, 70, 71]. Adherence to PA was defined as a dichotomized variable for analysis.

Adherence to diet was considered if the patient fulfilled the previously defined food plan, and was assessed in a clinical interview by patient self-reporting, corroborated by the information from the family and/or caregiver. All patients were categorized as adherent, partially adherent or non-adherent.

This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the Ethics Committee for Health at the Hospital (CHUSJ) where the study took place. Written informed consent of all study participants was obtained at enrolment in the study. For patients who were not capable of providing consent (e.g. dementia), consent of a close relative or proxy consent was obtained.

Patient characteristics were presented as raw frequencies and percentages for categorical variables, as median and range for continuous variables if normality was not assumed, or as mean and standard deviation (SD) if normality was assumed.

Differences between non-adherent, partially adherent and adherent to medication were tested using Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables.

Scores in HADS and in MMSE were compared between patients who were adherent and those who were non-adherent to PA and to diet (this last variable was recoded in dichotomous: adherent/partially adherent vs. non-adherent), using the Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables and the Chi-square test for paired categorical variables.

Odds ratio (OR) and its 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated to identify independent predictors of non-adherence to medication recoded in non-adherent/partially adherent vs. adherent. Variables associated with this outcome with a P-value < 0.05 in the univariate analyses and variables considered clinically significant were included (method ENTER) into a multiple logistic regression model for non-adherence to medication in order to identify independent risk factors.

The significance level used was 0.05. The statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Version 24.0 for Windows software (SPSS).

The final sample included 94 patients, with a mean age of 75.2 years (SD: 6.7). They were mostly female (53.2%), married (63.8%) and with a mean education of 3.3 years (SD: 2). The majority lived with their partner (64.9%) and had a family caregiver (76.6%) (Table 1). Concerning socio-economic class, patients were grouped in class III (middle: 14 - 17 points), class IV (low-middle: 18 - 21 points) and class V (low: 22 - 25 points).

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Table 1. Socio-Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of the Sample

Regarding clinical characteristics, the majority of the patients were in overweight (39.4%) and in obese (38.3%) categories, according to their BMI. The sample had on average 5.9 (SD: 1.7) comorbidities and major polypharmacy (defined as five or more medicines) was frequently observed (98.9%). The number of medicines taken was 8.8 (SD: 2.3) on average.

Concerning medication adherence, almost 30% of patients were non- or partially adherent. Most of the patients were non-adherent to PA (85.1%) and to diet (62.8%).

According to MMSE assessment, 22.3% had cognitive impairment. Related to psychological variables, 16% of patients presented depression and 23.4% anxiety, based on HADS scores.

Detailed clinical characteristics of these patients are presented in Table 2.

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Table 2. Clinical Characteristics of Sample

In this study, non-adherents to PA had more cognitive impairment than adherents (26.3% vs. 0%; P = 0.034).

No differences were found in total MMSE scores (cognition) between groups of patients, concerning medication and diet adherence.

With regard to medication adherence, significant differences between the three groups were found in anxiety (P = 0.010) and in depression (P = 0.048) scores, both being higher among the non-adherent patient group, compared to the adherent and to the partially adherent groups. Comparing the two groups of non-adherent and adherent to PA, the first one presented higher anxiety (P = 0.035) and depression scores (P = 0.004). No significant differences were found between groups regarding adherence to diet (Table 3).

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Table 3. Therapeutic Adherence, Anxiety and Depression

In the univariate analyses, no significant differences between the two groups (non/partially adherent vs. adherent) were found, in relation to socio-demographic variables (age, gender, marital status, living situation, career, socio-economic class) and clinical variables (total number of daily medication, total of comorbidities, CCI and BMI), with the exception of insulin prescription. In this way, in the non-adherent/partially adherent patients group, 73.3% were prescribed insulin, while in the adherent group only 42.2% had an insulin prescription (P = 0.005).

After these analyses, a multiple logistic regression model was carried out, in order to identify independent predictors of non-adherence to medication. This model included variables associated with this outcome (depression, anxiety, insulin prescription) in univariate analysis, as well as other characteristics considered clinically significant (age and gender). From the analysis of this model (Table 4), it was possible to verify that patients who had insulin prescribed presented a higher risk of non-adherence to medication (OR: 4.041, 95% CI: 1.404 - 11.628, P = 0.010). In addition, by an increase of one unit in anxiety score, the risk of non-adherence to medication will rise (OR: 1.252, 95% CI: 1.046 - 1.499, P = 0.014).

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Table 4. Predictors of Non-adherence to Medication

Depression and anxiety are common psychiatric disorders in older people with DM, confirmed by some studies with a prevalence of 25% for depression and 40.3% for anxiety [31, 72-74]. In the present study, 16% of the older patients had depressive symptoms and 23.4% had anxiety symptoms. These values, although clinically significant, are lower than those found in the literature [31, 72, 73], which may be due to the fact that this sample includes patients with few complications associated with DM, an important contributory factor for the increase in these psychiatric manifestations [75].

There are many other factors, that may contribute to these high rates, such as a change in lifestyle, adaptation to treatment, fear of negative impact of chronic and acute complications [76-78], as well as the perception of greater dependence caused by DM [79].

The presence of these psychiatric disorders can interfere with the management of DM by influencing treatment adherence [80-83]. In this study, the patients’ non-adherence to medication presented higher levels of depression and anxiety, compared to adherents and partial adherents. Some authors [25, 30] suggested that diabetics with depression may have more difficulty in dealing with the daily changes needed for good management of this disease, particularly with the medication intake [25], which may result in poorer glucose control and more complications [30].

On the other hand, poor metabolic control could increase depressive symptoms, further reducing the ability to correctly manage DM [84]. Besides, poor metabolic control may lead to complications, which may be associated with worsening depression [30, 33, 85].

To evaluate the factors directly affecting non-adherence to medication, a multiple logistic regression model was performed. Initial analyses of the multiple logistic regression model included not only variables previously associated with non-adherence to medication, but also other characteristics considered clinically significant (e.g. medication, comorbidity). Nevertheless, since the results were similar either with or without the inclusion of these characteristics, the most simplified final model was considered in this study, which included the variables: age, gender, insulin prescription, anxiety and depression.

Based on this model, patients who had insulin prescribed, presented a higher risk of non-adherence to medication. This may be explained by insulin intake being usually a more complex therapeutic regime that requires greater capacity and commitment in the management of the disease, as well as greater family/social support. Other reasons have been mentioned by some studies, such as the fear of the risks of taking insulin, fear of hypoglycemia, negative social impact and the perception that the use of insulin will be an incapacity/failure to efficiently manage this disease [13, 86].

From the multiple logistic regression model, it was also possible to verify that high anxiety scores were predictors of non-adherence to medication. Previous studies have found that approximately 60% of patients with DM reported anxiety associated with the daily management of the disease, namely due to the significant modifications required by this illness (e.g. changes in diet, complex medication regimens, smoking cessation and glycemic control). The presence of anxiety has been related to non-adherence to medication, as well as to uncontrolled diabetes, and consequently to the increase of related complications [54, 87-92].

Some authors [93-95] suggested that the effects of anxiety on medication adherence may be mediated by the patient’s self-efficacy expectation (i.e. perception of his/her capacity to carry out a specific task). In this way, patients with low self-efficacy expectation make less effort in taking medicines as prescribed, and are also more likely to maximize the severity of obstacles to treatment adherence. This may lead to inefficacious thinking, impairment of functioning and low medication adherence. Also, patients with anxiety may have low coping mechanisms, using specific coping styles, such as avoidance, escape and denial, which have been associated with reduced adherence to diabetes self-care regimens and poorer glycemic control [88, 96-100].

Regarding PA adherence, it is known that PA is important in preventing DM onset [101, 102] and also in metabolic control [103]. However, some studies have shown that DM patients take less regular exercise, compared to non-diabetics [35]. Also, it was found that only one-third of DM patients do regular exercise while one-third are sedentary [104, 105]. In older people with DM, the percentages are even lower [106], as can be seen in the present study, in which only 15% of the sample practiced regular PA.

There are several factors that can contribute to this non-adherence, such as the presence of anxiety, depression and cognitive impairment. In the current work, non-adherents to PA revealed more anxiety and depression compared to adherents. Also, non-adherents to PA had more cognitive impairment than adherents. Actually, patients with cognitive impairment have less autonomy, as well as less ability to perceive the benefits of PA. In this way, it would be important to involve the caregivers in this process, because family support is crucial to PA adherence [107].

Considering the few studies in older people with DM, the present research appears as an important contribution to the knowledge about the factors related to the adherence to medication, physical exercise and diet in this age group. In addition, this work also contributes to the characterization of essential clinical variables in older DM patients, such as depression, anxiety and cognitive impairment.

The limitations of this study are related to the cross-sectional design and to the fact that it was carried out only on one site (an outpatient setting). Thus, the results may not be generalizable to patients cared for in other settings.

Future studies are needed to overcome these limitations and to deepen this area of research, namely including other potential risk factors associated with therapeutic non-adherence in older DM patients. Also, future longitudinal studies will be required, in order to clarify the effect of treating anxiety and depression on the improvement in adherence.

In conclusion, the present findings suggest that early detection and management of anxiety, depression and cognitive impairment could be used to improve patients’ engagement with medication and PA, contributing also to prevention and better management of this disease.

Also, the commitment of these patients in the decision-making to the treatment plan is crucial, focusing on the need for psycho-educational interventions in order to motivate and involve them and their caregivers.

Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank all patients for their collaboration.

Financial Disclosure

None.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Informed Consent

Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.

Author Contributions

Rosa Mendes, Sonia Martins and Lia Fernandes participated in the conception and design of the study. Rosa Mendes, Sonia Martins and Lia Fernandes contributed to the writing of the article, analyses and interpretation of the results, as well as to the critical revision of the article. Rosa Mendes participated in the data collection. All authors have approved the final manuscript.

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