Psychological factors that impact on non-compliant medication use amongst patients diagnosed with hypertension

Psychological factors that impact on non-compliant medication use amongst patients diagnosed with hypertension

Hypertension is defined as an asymptomatic disease which means that the disease is not related to the experience of physical symptoms. This illness is mainly managed by means of oral drug therapies, but research shows that many patients fail to take their medication as they should. Non-compliance is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mostert, Sonja Nicolene
Other Authors: Prof D J F Maree
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Illness-perception questionnaire-revised
Illness cognitions
Hypertension
Medication adherence model
Medication compliance
Medication-taking questionnaire
Self-regulatuion
Social cognitive theory
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30136
Mostert, SN 2012, Psychological factors that impact on non-compliant medication use amongst patients diagnosed with hypertension, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30136 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12052012-170429/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30136
Mostert, SN 2012, Psychological factors that impact on non-compliant medication use amongst patients diagnosed with hypertension, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30136 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12052012-170429/

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