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Opinions on pharmacotherapy and tendency to undertaking healthy behaviours by patients with arterial hypertension
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Abstract
reasons for treatment poor effects is lack of patient-doctor cooperation. Health behaviours include all customs, habits and attitudes referring to individual or group of people’s health Health behaviour as a key element of lifestyle has been the subject of many research disciplines.
Material and methods Opinion was subjected 70 patients with arterial hypertension. It the investigation was conducted by the questionnaire worked out by Juczyński — the Health Behaviours Inventory (the IZZ).
Results In studied group of patients the sex does not differentiate the opinions about treatment of hypertension. Older persons and with lower level of education negatively estimate effectiveness of taken drugs. Studied patients characterized average intensiti of healthy behaviours. As they take care about healthy behaviours — correct nutritional habits, preventive behaviours and positive mental disposittion — they seldom do not take medicines.
Conclusion To assess the opinions of patients with arterial hypertension on pharmacotherapy and assess a correlation between them and a tendency to undertaking healthy behaviours in the group of women and men.
Abstract
reasons for treatment poor effects is lack of patient-doctor cooperation. Health behaviours include all customs, habits and attitudes referring to individual or group of people’s health Health behaviour as a key element of lifestyle has been the subject of many research disciplines.
Material and methods Opinion was subjected 70 patients with arterial hypertension. It the investigation was conducted by the questionnaire worked out by Juczyński — the Health Behaviours Inventory (the IZZ).
Results In studied group of patients the sex does not differentiate the opinions about treatment of hypertension. Older persons and with lower level of education negatively estimate effectiveness of taken drugs. Studied patients characterized average intensiti of healthy behaviours. As they take care about healthy behaviours — correct nutritional habits, preventive behaviours and positive mental disposittion — they seldom do not take medicines.
Conclusion To assess the opinions of patients with arterial hypertension on pharmacotherapy and assess a correlation between them and a tendency to undertaking healthy behaviours in the group of women and men.
Keywords
education, healthy behaviours, arterial hypertension, opinion on pharmacotherapy
Title
Opinions on pharmacotherapy and tendency to undertaking healthy behaviours by patients with arterial hypertension
Journal
Issue
Article type
Original paper
Pages
332-342
Published online
2013-12-03
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Bibliographic record
Nadciśnienie tętnicze 2013;17(4):332-342.
Keywords
education
healthy behaviours
arterial hypertension
opinion on pharmacotherapy
Authors
Małgorzata Anna Basińska
Anna Andruszkiewicz