The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with Hypertension
Background and Objectives: Illness perception is an important predictor for adherence to therapeutic regimens. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between illness perception and adherence to therapeutic regimens in patients with hypertension. Materials and Methods: A cross-sec...
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| description | Background and Objectives: Illness perception is an important predictor for adherence to therapeutic regimens. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between illness perception and adherence to therapeutic regimens in patients with hypertension.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at two teaching hospitals in Qom, Iran. A convenience sample of 140 patients was performed in this study in 2016. Data was collected using a questionnaire which included three parts: socio-demographic and clinical variables, brief illness perception questionnaire, and Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale. Descriptive and analytical analyses and linear regression analysis were performed for statistical assessment in SPSS-16.
Results: The mean age of the patients was evaluated 60.4 (SD = 11.21) years and 57% of them were female; 35% of patients showed higher than mean scores in adherence to therapeutic regimens. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that personal control and disease understanding were associated with more adherence to therapeutic regimens with β = 0.25 and 0.22, respectively.
Conclusions: According to the findings, it is to strengthen patients’ illness perceptions, especially personal control and disease understanding, as an important strategy in educational interventions in order to increase adherence to treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3368f5e1bd8141a6b9fe7710519b3e832025-08-20T02:01:54ZengHamadan University of Medical SciencesJournal of Education and Community Health2383-23122383-23122016-06-013291510.21859/jech-03022The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with HypertensionZahra Taheri-Kharameh 0 Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Hazavehei 1Tahereh Ramezani2Azam Vahedi3Fatemeh Sharififard4MSc, Department of Operating Room, School of Paramedical Sciences, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran Professor, Research Center for Health Sciences and Department of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran BSc, Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran BSc, Kamkar Hospital, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, IranMSc, Department of Operating Room, School of Paramedical Sciences, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran Background and Objectives: Illness perception is an important predictor for adherence to therapeutic regimens. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between illness perception and adherence to therapeutic regimens in patients with hypertension. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted at two teaching hospitals in Qom, Iran. A convenience sample of 140 patients was performed in this study in 2016. Data was collected using a questionnaire which included three parts: socio-demographic and clinical variables, brief illness perception questionnaire, and Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale. Descriptive and analytical analyses and linear regression analysis were performed for statistical assessment in SPSS-16. Results: The mean age of the patients was evaluated 60.4 (SD = 11.21) years and 57% of them were female; 35% of patients showed higher than mean scores in adherence to therapeutic regimens. The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that personal control and disease understanding were associated with more adherence to therapeutic regimens with β = 0.25 and 0.22, respectively. Conclusions: According to the findings, it is to strengthen patients’ illness perceptions, especially personal control and disease understanding, as an important strategy in educational interventions in order to increase adherence to treatment.http://jech.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-219-en.pdfAdherence to Therapeutic RegimensPerceptionHypertension |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Taheri-Kharameh Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Hazavehei Tahereh Ramezani Azam Vahedi Fatemeh Sharififard The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with Hypertension Journal of Education and Community Health Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens Perception Hypertension |
| title | The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with Hypertension |
| title_full | The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with Hypertension |
| title_fullStr | The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with Hypertension |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with Hypertension |
| title_short | The Assessment of Illness Perception and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens among Patients with Hypertension |
| title_sort | assessment of illness perception and adherence to therapeutic regimens among patients with hypertension |
| topic | Adherence to Therapeutic Regimens Perception Hypertension |
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