Abstract
Lack of adherence in patients with chronic illnesses is significant burden for health care system all over the world. Therefore, it is important to find which factors do contribute to improve adherent behaviour. The aim of this study was to find out how resilience and illness denial predicts adherent behaviour in patients with chronic illnesses in primary health care.
In this quantitative cross-sectional study participated 202 adults in Latvia with diagnosed chronic illness. Participants filled sociodemographic data questionnaire – gender, age, and diagnosis, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD–RISC–25, Connor & Davidson, 2003), Illness Denial Questionnaire-Short Form (IDQ-SF, Rossi Ferrario et al., 2019), and Adherent behaviour questionnaire (Skaldere-Darmudasa & Sudraba, 2023) – nine items measure assessing to what extent individual with chronic illness follows doctor’s or specialist’s recommendation to reduce symptoms of their chronic illness and improve health condition. Items are rated in 4 – point Likert scale. The result of this study shows a tendency that patients with chronic illness and higher resilience use less denial according to their chronic illness and use more adherent behaviour. Higher denial points to less adherent behaviour which means less following to the doctor’s and specialist’s recommendation about the intake of medication, physical activities, diet, and rest.
In this quantitative cross-sectional study participated 202 adults in Latvia with diagnosed chronic illness. Participants filled sociodemographic data questionnaire – gender, age, and diagnosis, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD–RISC–25, Connor & Davidson, 2003), Illness Denial Questionnaire-Short Form (IDQ-SF, Rossi Ferrario et al., 2019), and Adherent behaviour questionnaire (Skaldere-Darmudasa & Sudraba, 2023) – nine items measure assessing to what extent individual with chronic illness follows doctor’s or specialist’s recommendation to reduce symptoms of their chronic illness and improve health condition. Items are rated in 4 – point Likert scale. The result of this study shows a tendency that patients with chronic illness and higher resilience use less denial according to their chronic illness and use more adherent behaviour. Higher denial points to less adherent behaviour which means less following to the doctor’s and specialist’s recommendation about the intake of medication, physical activities, diet, and rest.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference |
| Editors | Līga Danilāne, Karīne Laganovska, Aina Strode, Aivars Kaupužs, Daina Znotiņa |
| Place of Publication | Rēzekne |
| Publisher | Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija |
| Pages | 478-487 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2023 |
| Event | 17th International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2023 - Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Rēzekne, Latvia Duration: 26 May 2023 → 27 May 2023 Conference number: 17 https://conferences.rta.lv/index.php/BSM/SIE2023/index |
Publication series
| Name | Edit Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība |
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| ISSN (Print) | 1691-5887 |
Conference
| Conference | 17th International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2023 |
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| Abbreviated title | SIE2023 |
| Country/Territory | Latvia |
| City | Rēzekne |
| Period | 26/05/23 → 27/05/23 |
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Keywords*
- adherence
- adherent behaviour
- chronic disease/illness
- compliance
- illness denial
- resilience
Field of Science*
- 5.1 Psychology
- 3.2 Clinical medicine
Publication Type*
- 3.2. Articles or chapters in other proceedings other than those included in 3.1., with an ISBN or ISSN code