Int. J. A dv. Res. 5(1), 966-974Background: Although adherence to prescribed medications is a key dimension of healthcare quality, there is no information about the magnitude of compliance of the diabetic patients in Jazan region of Saudi Arabia. Objectives: The purpose of this study is to measure the rate of adherence and the factors contributing to compliance among the diabetic patients in Jazan region.Methods: A total of 273 Type 2 diabetic patients who fulfill the inclusion criteria were recruited in the study. Adherence to the treatment was evaluated during patients' attending to the usual appointment in the randomly selected Primary Health Care centers and Diabetic Centers in Jazan region. The medication adherence was assessed during a personal interview using the 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8).Results:Twenty Three Percent of patients reported good medication adherence, 38.8 % medium adherence and 37.6 % poor medication adherence. The factors significantly associated with adherence in univariate analysis were socio-demographic factors: residence ( p = 0.02) and distance from the health care center ( p = 0.023 ); disease and health care related factors: Regularly attending to the appointments (p= 0.038) and HbA1c >8 ( p= 0.06 ).Conclusion: The findings indicate that there is a high rate of non-compliance among the diabetes patients in Jazan region of Saudi Arabia and there is a definite need for improvement in the healthcare system, health education, and training of diabetic patients.

Aim: To determine the extent of internet addiction among students of health faculties in Jazan University and its effects on their academic performance and social relationships. Method: This study reports the results of surveyinvolved 400 students (198 males 202 females) from 4 health faculties in Jazan University to measure the prevalence of internet addiction among the students and its effects on the academic performance and social relationships. It is a cross sectional study in which a standardized self-administered questionnaire was used to classify the internet addiction into 4 levels according to the score of each student. Also some questions were asked about the academic performance and social relationships of the students. Results: Its found that males are more addicted to the internet than females although females stay home more than males and also we found that about 59% of the students have mild addiction to the internet but this could be considered normal because nowadays the access to the internet is much easier and available and makes life easier and things to be done faster and also mild addiction doesn't have negative effects as moderate and severe addiction.