Assessment of Medication Adherence and Related Factors in Hypertensive Patients: The Role of Beliefs About Medicines
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Prof. Dr. Fatma İlknur Çınar Sağlik Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Arş. Gör. Şule Mumcu Bingöl Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Betülay Kılıç Sağlik Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ülkü Polat Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Bilge BAL ÖZKAPTAN Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Clinical Nursing Research (Q1) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1054-7738 Dergi Bilgileri (2020) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | Ingilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2020 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 30 / 7 / 985–993 | DOI | 10.1177/1054773820981381 |
| Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1054773820981381 | ||
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| Özet |
| Low medication adherence is one of the leading causes that affect the achievement of target levels for hypertension. Identifying modifiable factors associated with low adherence is crucial. This study aims to assess medication adherence and the role of beliefs about medicines on medication adherence among hypertensive patients.This cross-sectional study was conducted with 200 hypertension patients.Data were collected using the Morisky-Green-Levine Medication Adherence Scale, and the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire [BMQ-Turkish Translation (BMQ-T)]. It was found that the BMQ-T subscales of Specific Concern (β = 0.358, p = .027) and General Overuse (β = 0.552, p = .011) had an independent predictor effect on medication adherence scores. In this study, the patients who thought that drugs were overused and had concerns about this were seen to be less adherent with the medication … |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| antihypertensive drugs | beliefs | hypertension | medication adherence |
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| Web of Science | 9 |
| Scopus | 10 |
| Google Scholar | 24 |