Exploring The Psychosocial Aspects Behind The Emotions That Reflect How Well Patients Adhere

If an individual expresses that they want to discontinue their medication and becomes non-compliant with their medication then it is my role to identify the risk they are currently posing and update their risk assessment; inform their CMHT and let the citizen know of the consequences to them not taking their medication and reiterate that it is their choice, as long as they have all the information to make a decision (wise or unwise). It is important to emphasise that not all individuals understand information the same way, therefore I have found that the use of internet, booklets, music, audio recordings, talking group therapy and pictures can be applied to explain a situation to a resident if they are unsure of particular consequences to their health.

Patient Adherence: There is no known cure for chronic disease, the progressive nature of chronic disease the patient and family must adjust to continual treatment changes, and the chronic disease continues throughout the patient’s lifetime developmental and lifestyle changes often influence or pose additional challenges to the person with a chronic

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Some of the factors that patients do not adhere to when their healthcare provider tells them too is due to patients being too busy. Often times life is very busy as we all know this but forgetting to take of yourself can have detrimental effects to your health. Some people think they can get better on their own without the help of a doctor so they feel like they will be fine or able to handle any health complication on their own. Another reason is that often people do not understand or they forget what the doctor is telling them about their prescribed treatment regimens and other patients decide to simply not follow it. As stated in the article by Sklar, Min Sen Oh & & Chuen Li, 2008 “Poor communication with healthcare providers was also likely to cause a negative effect on patient’s compliance (Bartlett et al 1984; Apter et al 1998)”. Miscommunication between a doctor and patient is at the root of most adherence problems. Often times patients leave their doctors office not knowing or having the slightest clue to what they should be doing. Instead of asking for help or clarity they just leave. Communication needs to be clear and effective for both the patient and the doctor. Non-adherence is wide spread when it comes to patients not adhering to what professionals tell them. Many patients will have significant risks because they forget,

In conclusion, addressing the problem of non-adherence would help alleviate the burden of added costs to healthcare. When patients take their medications as prescribed, they are considered to be adherent. Adherence has two components that are complementary to each other: persistence and implementation

Patient's decision-making is influenced by several factors. Patients may change their decisions, from accepting or refusing treatment depending on the available treatment options. The capacity of the individual to make informed medical decisions can differ as the patient's status changes cognitively, emotionally, and/or physically and as the proposed treatment interventions change. Treatment refusal is a common situation faced by clinicians. Patients do not usually refuse the medical advice if the advice is of good intention. When patients refuse an advice, it indicates some underlying reasons related to the patients or family, factors associated with the physician as well as social and organizational issues.

Evidence is lacking in non-adherence studies that demonstrates a relationship between perceptions and medication adherence (Massey et al., 2015). A major limitation of these studies is that a cross-sectional design impedes causal relationships and investigation of changes over time (Massey et al., 2015). A better understanding of patient behaviors toward their immunosuppression medication, reasons for taking tacrolimus and any action that is reducing their pill intake is an important step for future actions proposed to improve adherence and transplant outcomes. According to Massey et al. (2015), some illness perceptions include the perceived cause or causes of the illness, timeline (acute, chronic or cyclical), identity or label that it is given, personal control over outcomes, effectiveness of treatment to control outcomes,

Medication adherence is described as the extent to which the patients take medication as prescribed by the health care provider. To ensure the patients receive proper care, health care systems must implement procedures to successfully meet their needs and overall improve their quality of life. However, there are several reasons that affect proper medical care, which ultimately results in an increase in health care expenses and poorer health outcomes for patients. Studies have shown that approximately 50% of patients do not take their chronic medications as prescribed and that nonadherence can cost the health care system nearly $100 to $289 billion per year (1). Medication adherence is difficult to achieve due to ineffective communication between

Low medication adherence has significant consequences on the health of patients. Approximately 125 000 deaths per year in the U.S. are directly related to poor adherence to medication (Bosworth et al., 2011). A retrospective

The danger of medication nonadherence also comes in the health outcomes of those who fail to adhere. As explained above, when there is an increase in out-of-pocket spending required to get prescription drugs, there is an increase in noncompliance of medication usage. This increase in noncompliance can lead to an increase in a variety of negative outcomes in health. These can be regression or complication of the illness that was being medicated, emergency room trips and even admission into hospitals. No matter which negative health outcome occurs, it means a decrease in overall health for the Medicare beneficiary (Dalen, 2009; Stuart, 2005; Zhang and Donohue, 2009). This not only puts a strain on the beneficiary, once again spiking stress with illness relapse or hospital issues, but

Did you know that patients with chronic disorders are more likely to become noncompliant with their therapy and or medication regimen after about six months? The term non-compliance is very often interchangeably used with the term non-adherence. Mantri (2014) defines non-compliance as patients that do not follow their health care provider’s recommendations and or instructions. Several different factors play into why a patient becomes non-compliant. Mantri (2014) states that the four factors that play a major role on whether or not a patient is non-compliant are; illness, medication, physician, and the factors that strictly relate to the patient personally. When patients are non-compliant it puts a big burden on health care economically

adherence. In this article, we discuss how adherence data can be used to support Quality

The barriers to behavior change in Mrs. Anderson’s scenario are long and busy work and life schedule, sleep deprivation, and absence of hobbies. I believe that the theoretical framework or model that would support her behavior change is the Health Belief Model (HBM). This theory postulates that people’s belief about their health or disease risks and the results from counteracting these threats identify their preparedness to initiate behavioral change (Glanz, n.d.). Based on your framework or model, some the interventions to employ are (a) setting reasonable and attainable short and long term goals; (b) commitment and accountability to self and others; (c) documentation of actions towards achieving these goals; (d) monitoring

Non-adherences to medication is widespread among patients (Margaret A. Chesney; 2000).An estimated average rate of patient that non-adhere to the antiretroviral (ARV) treatment therapy ranges from about 50-70%( Margaret A. Chesney; 2000)