Adherence with oral hypoglycaemic agent is crucial to achieve optimal glycaemic control.
The 8‐item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS‐8) has been frequently used, yet
the association between MMAS‐8 score and glycaemic control among Chinese diabetes
patients is largely unknown. Two general out‐patient clinics were randomly selected in a
district with socio‐demographic characteristics representative of the entire Hong Kong
population. A consecutive sample of adult type‐2 diabetes patients currently taking oral�…

Background: Adherence with oral hypoglycaemic agent is important to achieve optimal
glycaemic control. The eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) is
frequently used for measuring drug adherence, yet the association between MMAS-8 score
and glycaemic control among diabetes patients has not been addressed. Methods: Two
general outpatient clinics were randomly selected in a district with socio-demographic
representative of the entire Hong Kong population. In 2013, all type II adult diabetes patients�…