Treatment compliance in patients with heart failure
Section: TEACHING TO LEARN
How to quote
Jorge Araujo P, Hernández Falcón JC. La adhesión al tratamiento de los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca. Rev. Educare21 2012; 10(9). [En línea] [fecha de acceso: 1 de noviembre de 2012]. URL disponible en: http://www.enfermeria21.com/publicaciones/educare/
Authors
1Pedro Jorge Araujo, 2Jennifer C. Hernández Falcón
Position
1Licenciado en Enfermería. Máster en Investigación en Atención Primaria. Docente en un Taller de Empleo en el Ayuntamiento de Santa María de Guía en Gran Canaria.2Licenciada en Enfermería.
Contact email: pedroja25@hotmail.com
Abstract
Material and methods: we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study. A total of 28 patients with HF answered a questionnaire composed of 28 questions.
Result: 53.6% of the patients take the medication by themselves. 96.4% of patients received information about their disease, treatment, diet, healthy habits... 60.7% knows that their disease is chronic, 42.9% that it is evolutionary and 75% consider that compliance with treatment influences the course of the illness.
Conclusions: if the readmissions, the demand for training and percentages of compliance to medical instructions relate to treatment compliance, patients in the study did not have adequate compliance.
Keywords:
chronic disease; heart failure; nursing research; questionnairestreatment compliance
Versión en Español
Título:
La adhesión al tratamiento de los pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca
