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OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for improving the medication compliance in the elderly patients with diabetes in outpatient department. METHODS:120 diabetic patients over 60 yeas old in outpatient department of our hospital were randomly selected,self-made questionnaire was conducted,the related factors caused poor medication compliance in elderly diabetic patients were explored by Logistic regression analysis. RESULTS:Krone Bach coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.89. Totally 120 ques-tionnaires were sent out,113 were effectively received,with effective rate of 94.17%. 64 cases(56.64%)were in poor medication compliance in the 113 surveyed patients. Among them,59 cases(92.19%)did not follow the medication prescribed period;54 cas-es(84.38%)did not strictly in accordance with the doses;43 cases(67.19%)took drugs in the wrong time;37 cases(57.81%) freely changed the drugs;18 cases(28.13%)repeated taking drugs. The age,educational background,medical factors,economic factors,adverse effects,medical personnel and treatment regimens had significant effects on medication compliance of the surveyed patients (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:Elderly diabetic patients with poor medication compliance is a common clinical phenome-non,its type is diverse and affects by many factors,physicians and pharmacists should give full consideration to it,giving appro-priate intervention.