患者知识,药物坚持和影响因素:希腊高血压患者的跨部分研究
Konstantinos Giakoumidakis1, Evridiki Patelarou1, Hero Brokalaki2
1Department of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, 71410 Heraklion, Greece.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
|May 10, 2024
概括
希腊高血压患者表现出良好的疾病知识,但药物坚持不佳. 更高的知识与更好的坚持相关,这表明需要有针对性的干预措施来改善患者的治疗结果.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 患者教育 患者教育
背景情况:
- 高血压管理需要患者的理解和药物坚持.
- 低于最佳的抗高血压药物坚持是全球卫生挑战.
- 影响高血压知识和坚持的因素需要在不同人群中进行调查.
研究的目的:
- 评估希腊患者的高血压知识和药物坚持.
- 识别与知识和坚持水平相关的因素.
- 为改善高血压管理的医疗保健策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 两家希腊三级医院心脏病诊所的截面研究.
- 包括被诊断患有高血压的188名患者.
- 使用HK-LS尺度评估疾病知识,使用A-14尺度评估药物坚持.
主要成果:
- 患者表现出足够的高血压知识,但药物坚持明显低.
- 更高的知识水平与更好的药物坚持有很强的相关性 (r = 0.885,p < 0.001).
- 与更高的知识相关的因素包括年龄较大,居住在人口密的地区,疾病持续时间较长,药物较少. 年龄较小,教育程度较低,疾病持续时间较短,以及更多的药物与较低的坚持有关.
结论:
- 希腊高血压患者拥有足够的知识,但在药物坚持方面扎.
- 干预措施应针对影响遵守的因素,如年龄,教育和药物复杂性.
- 医疗保健管理人员可以利用这些发现来开发定制的计划,以提高药物遵守率和改善患者的治疗结果.
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