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Original scientific paper
Adherence to therapy and quality of life in hypertensive patients
Mukadder Mollaoglu
; Health Sciences Faculty, Sivas, Turkey
Gurcan Solmaz
; Health Sciences Faculty, Sivas, Turkey
Muratcan Mollaoglu
; Medical School, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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APA 6th Edition Mollaoglu, M., Solmaz, G. & Mollaoglu, M. (2015). Adherence to therapy and quality of life in hypertensive patients. Acta clinica Croatica, 54. (4.), 438-443. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/154957 MLA 8th Edition Mollaoglu, Mukadder, et al. "Adherence to therapy and quality of life in hypertensive patients." Acta clinica Croatica, vol. 54., no. 4., 2015, pp. 438-443. https://hrcak.srce.hr/154957. Accessed 25 Aug. 2019. Chicago 17th Edition Mollaoglu, Mukadder, Gurcan Solmaz and Muratcan Mollaoglu. "Adherence to therapy and quality of life in hypertensive patients." Acta clinica Croatica 54., no. 4. (2015): 438-443. https://hrcak.srce.hr/154957 Harvard Mollaoglu, M., Solmaz, G., and Mollaoglu, M. (2015). 'Adherence to therapy and quality of life in hypertensive patients', Acta clinica Croatica, 54.(4.), pp. 438-443. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/154957 (Accessed 25 August 2019) Vancouver Mollaoglu M, Solmaz G, Mollaoglu M. Adherence to therapy and quality of life in hypertensive patients. Acta clinica Croatica [Internet]. 2015 [cited 2019 August 25];54.(4.):438-443. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/154957 IEEE M. Mollaoglu, G. Solmaz and M. Mollaoglu, "Adherence to therapy and quality of life in hypertensive patients", Acta clinica Croatica, vol.54., no. 4., pp. 438-443, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/154957. [Accessed: 25 August 2019] |
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Abstracts
This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate the association between medication adherence and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in 120 hypertensive patients. Personal Information Form, SF-36 Quality of Life Scale (SF-36 QoL) and Medication Adherence Self-Efficacy Scale (MASES) were used for data collection. Data were analyzed with SPSS program using percentage, mean value, standard deviation, significance test of difference between two means, analysis of variance, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and χ2-test. MASES and SF-36 QoL scores of the patients were found to be low. Adherence to medication and compliance were found to be low in males, patients using two or more drugs, and those that did not control their blood pressure regularly. In addition, a statistically significant positive relationship was found between adherence to medication/compliance, self-efficacy and quality of life (p<0.001). Regular and continuous adaptation programs addressing patients on antihypertensive therapy will improve the quality of life of these patients.
Keywords
Hypertension; Medication adherence; Quality of life
Hrčak ID: 154957
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/154957
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