Therapeutic Compliance with Hypertension in Rural Elderly
Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
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: 98-119, 2005.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the research was to find significant factors that were related to the therapeutic compliance of hyper- tension(HT).METHODS:
Hypertensive 354 patients from 932 rural elderly were measured blood pressure and administered the questionnaire during August 2003. Operational definition of therapeutic compliance was the state of care and management of HT. The data were analysed by univariate analysis and multivariate regression model.RESULTS:
Results of univariate analysis, the seriousness, the barriers, the benefits, and the patients who have family members or friends suffering from HT, the motive of the behavior were significant variables for acceptance rate of the caring HT(p<0.01). Result of multiple logistic regression on participating caring process in HT, significant prediction variable were the subjects who had spouses, long ongoing caring process, no drinking habits, mind set that considers the high blood pressure as a serious disease, families and friends who had complications, didn't feel that taking the medication is not uncomfortable if they haven't experienced the side effect during the caring process.CONCLUSION:
According to this result, we should consider major prediction variables to increasing the therapeutic compliance of hypertensive patients and developing the program for controlling hypertensive patients.
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Assunto principal:
Pressão Sanguínea
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Modelos Logísticos
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Cônjuges
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Complacência (Medida de Distensibilidade)
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Amigos
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Ingestão de Líquidos
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Hipertensão
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Idoso
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Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
Ano de publicação:
2005
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