PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Health Belief Model, Trait Theory, Health Action Process Approach
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Adherence: a person"s ability and willingness to follow recommended health problems: ex, following a medical regimen, maintaining healthy lifestyle practices, going to the doctor regularly. 6 basic methods for measuring patient adherence: ask the practitioner, ask the patient, ask other people, monitor medication usage, examine biochemical evidence, use a combination of those procedures. Nonadherence: not everyone adheres, approximately 125,000 people die each year because they"re nonadherent, nonadherence to medication regimens is 24. 8, there are differences among chronic conditions in adherence rates. Barriers to adherence: what are the barriers to adherence, cost, patients see the regimen as being too difficult/time-consuming, patients treat regimen as advice rather than orders , patients stop taking medication when symptoms disappear. Predicting who adheres: what factors predict adherence, severity of the disease, treatment characteristics, personal characteristics, environmental factors. Severity of disease: people"s perception of the severity of their disease is more predictive of adherence than objective severity of disease.
