The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake

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Autor(a) principal: Strelec,Maria Aparecida A Moura
Data de Publicação: 2003
Outros Autores: Pierin,Angela M. G., Mion Jr.,Décio
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online)
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Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To assess the relation between blood pressure control and the following: the Morisky-Green test, the patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure, the patient's attitude in face of medicine intake, the patient's attendance at medical consultations, and the subjective physician's judgment. METHODS: We studied 130 hypertensive patients with the following characteristics: 73% females, 60±11 years, 58% married, 70% white, 45% retired, 45% with incomplete elementary schooling, 64% had a familial income of 1 to 3 minimum wages, body mass index of 30±7 kg/m², consciousness regarding the disease for a mean period of 11±9.5 years, and mean treatment duration of 8 ±7 years. RESULTS: Only 35% of the hypertensive individuals had blood pressure under control and a longer duration of treatment (10±7 vs 7±6.5 years; P<0.05). The retiree predominated. The result of the Morisky-Green test did not relate to blood pressure control. In evaluating the attitude in face of medicine intake, the controlled patients achieved significantly higher scores than did the noncontrolled patients (8±1.9 vs 7 ±2, P<0.05). The hypertensive patients had higher levels of consciousness regarding their disease and its treatment, and most (70%) patients attended 3 or 4 medical consultations, which did not influence blood pressure control. The physicians attributed significantly higher scores regarding adherence to treatment to controlled patients (6±0.8 vs 5±1.2; P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Consciousness regarding the disease, the Morisky-Green test, and attendance to medical consultations did not influence blood pressure control.
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spelling The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intakehypertensioncontroladherencetreatmentOBJECTIVE: To assess the relation between blood pressure control and the following: the Morisky-Green test, the patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure, the patient's attitude in face of medicine intake, the patient's attendance at medical consultations, and the subjective physician's judgment. METHODS: We studied 130 hypertensive patients with the following characteristics: 73% females, 60±11 years, 58% married, 70% white, 45% retired, 45% with incomplete elementary schooling, 64% had a familial income of 1 to 3 minimum wages, body mass index of 30±7 kg/m², consciousness regarding the disease for a mean period of 11±9.5 years, and mean treatment duration of 8 ±7 years. RESULTS: Only 35% of the hypertensive individuals had blood pressure under control and a longer duration of treatment (10±7 vs 7±6.5 years; P<0.05). The retiree predominated. The result of the Morisky-Green test did not relate to blood pressure control. In evaluating the attitude in face of medicine intake, the controlled patients achieved significantly higher scores than did the noncontrolled patients (8±1.9 vs 7 ±2, P<0.05). The hypertensive patients had higher levels of consciousness regarding their disease and its treatment, and most (70%) patients attended 3 or 4 medical consultations, which did not influence blood pressure control. The physicians attributed significantly higher scores regarding adherence to treatment to controlled patients (6±0.8 vs 5±1.2; P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Consciousness regarding the disease, the Morisky-Green test, and attendance to medical consultations did not influence blood pressure control.Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC2003-10-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2003001200002Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia v.81 n.4 2003reponame:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)instacron:SBC10.1590/S0066-782X2003001200002info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessStrelec,Maria Aparecida A MouraPierin,Angela M. G.Mion Jr.,Décioeng2003-11-05T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0066-782X2003001200002Revistahttp://www.arquivosonline.com.br/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||arquivos@cardiol.br1678-41700066-782Xopendoar:2003-11-05T00:00Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
title The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
spellingShingle The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
Strelec,Maria Aparecida A Moura
hypertension
control
adherence
treatment
title_short The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
title_full The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
title_fullStr The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
title_full_unstemmed The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
title_sort The influence of patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure and patient's attitude in face of disease controlling medicine intake
author Strelec,Maria Aparecida A Moura
author_facet Strelec,Maria Aparecida A Moura
Pierin,Angela M. G.
Mion Jr.,Décio
author_role author
author2 Pierin,Angela M. G.
Mion Jr.,Décio
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author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Strelec,Maria Aparecida A Moura
Pierin,Angela M. G.
Mion Jr.,Décio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv hypertension
control
adherence
treatment
topic hypertension
control
adherence
treatment
description OBJECTIVE: To assess the relation between blood pressure control and the following: the Morisky-Green test, the patient's consciousness regarding high blood pressure, the patient's attitude in face of medicine intake, the patient's attendance at medical consultations, and the subjective physician's judgment. METHODS: We studied 130 hypertensive patients with the following characteristics: 73% females, 60±11 years, 58% married, 70% white, 45% retired, 45% with incomplete elementary schooling, 64% had a familial income of 1 to 3 minimum wages, body mass index of 30±7 kg/m², consciousness regarding the disease for a mean period of 11±9.5 years, and mean treatment duration of 8 ±7 years. RESULTS: Only 35% of the hypertensive individuals had blood pressure under control and a longer duration of treatment (10±7 vs 7±6.5 years; P<0.05). The retiree predominated. The result of the Morisky-Green test did not relate to blood pressure control. In evaluating the attitude in face of medicine intake, the controlled patients achieved significantly higher scores than did the noncontrolled patients (8±1.9 vs 7 ±2, P<0.05). The hypertensive patients had higher levels of consciousness regarding their disease and its treatment, and most (70%) patients attended 3 or 4 medical consultations, which did not influence blood pressure control. The physicians attributed significantly higher scores regarding adherence to treatment to controlled patients (6±0.8 vs 5±1.2; P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Consciousness regarding the disease, the Morisky-Green test, and attendance to medical consultations did not influence blood pressure control.
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