Compliance with treatment and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes.

AIMS: The aim of this study was to determine the compliance with treatment and fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. BACKGROUND: One of the important problems of patients is the fear of hypoglycaemia and compliance with treatment, which impairs general health and quality of life. It is believed that nurses contribute to the improvement of compliance with treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes, a decrease in hypoglycaemia rates. DESIGN: This study was conducted as a descriptive study. The STROBE checklist was used. METHODS: The study was carried out with 376 patients with type 2 diabetes between January and June 2019. The Patient Information Form, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treatment Patient Compliance Scale and Hypoglycemia Fear Survey applied and SAS 9.4 package program was used for statistical analysis. Data were evaluated using descriptive statistics, t test, chi-square and variation analysis. RESULTS: It was determined that 58.2% of the participants were female, mean age was 62.19 ± 9.60, 57.7% were primary school graduates, 50.3% were using oral antidiabetic, and 34.5% were using oral antidiabetic and insulin. Patients' compliance with treatment was moderate (60.9%). According to the mean score of the Hypoglycemia Fear Survey, the patients had a low level of fear of hypoglycaemia ( X ¯  = 1.20). There was a statistically significant difference between compliance and fear of hypoglycaemia and education, economic status, self-monitoring of blood glucose, physical activity and education about diabetes (p < .05). Patients with type 2 diabetes had decreased compliance with treatment with increased fear of hypoglycaemia (p < .05). CONCLUSION: The participants' compliance with the treatment was moderate, and the fear of hypoglycaemia mean score was low. Nursing interventions should be planned to increase compliance with treatment and reduce the fear of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Assessing the fear of hypoglycaemia and the level of compliance with treatment by healthcare professionals, especially nurses, in patients with type 2 diabetes and providing education on this subject can be helpful in reducing the fear of hypoglycaemia, increasing treatment compliance and providing optimal glycaemic control.

Clinical features and psychological aspects of the decision-making process in stage I testicular germ cell tumors.

Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) are the most prevalent malignancies in young Caucasian men. Clinical stage I (CSI) TGCTs present the highest cure rate and treatment options after orchiectomy depend on histology and risk factors. Nevertheless, the management of CSI TGCTs is controversial due to the availability of multiple treatments and the lack of randomized trials. An integrated multidisciplinary approach that includes clinicians (surgeons, radiotherapists and oncologists) and psychologists is crucial to maximize the patients' compliance and must be acknowledged with appropriate tools. The aim of our work is to review the oncological and psychological aspects of the decision-making process, discussing the fundamental role of the patient involvement in the personalized management of CSI TGCTs.

The Relationship among Patient Satisfaction, Patient Loyalty, and Compliance with Treatment.

This study examined the relationship between patient loyalty and adherence to treatment and evaluated the mediating role of patient satisfaction in this relationship. This study consisted of 386 participants. Correlation and regression analyses were used. A low level of positive correlation was found between loyalty and compliance scores. It was determined that satisfaction did not mediate the relationship between loyalty and compliance. In addition, a moderately positive relationship was found between loyalty and satisfaction. It has been observed that patient loyalty can play a critical role in important health outcomes such as adherence to treatment and increasing satisfaction.

Difficulties Experienced by Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis during the Conservative Treatment Process: A Qualitative Study.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the difficulties faced by patients with knee osteoarthritis during the conservative treatment process. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We included twenty-one patients who were diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis and admitted to the orthopedics and traumatology outpatient clinic of the hospital where the researcher worked between January 2022 and April 2022. We interviewed each patient using semi-structured face-to-face interviews. To analyze the interviews, the researcher used the directed content analysis method. Data were analyzed using the NVIVO 10 software package. The authors and the expert trained in qualitative research who generously supported the authors continued the analysis independently of each other until they reached a consensus. RESULTS: After analysis of the interviews held with the participants, the following three main themes emerged: lack of information about conservative treatment, frequent change of physicians, and non-compliance with lifestyle changes. Two sub-themes were identified within the theme of frequent change of physicians: distrusting health personnel, and not being able to make an appointment. In addition, most of the patients were not knowledgeable enough about either the definition of the disease or the treatment process. These patients stated that they were confused because they had to change physicians frequently; thus, they distrusted physicians because each physician they visited made a different plan for the treatment process. CONCLUSIONS: At the end of the study, we determined that during the conservative treatment process of patients with knee osteoarthritis, a multidisciplinary approach should be adopted, and orthopedic surgeons, physical therapy and rehabilitation physicians, dietitians, and physiotherapists should be in harmony with the patient. In addition, health personnel should provide patients with detailed information to eliminate questions they have during the conservative treatment process. In order for healthcare team members to establish a trusting relationship between the patients, they should allocate enough time to the patient.

The effect of diabetes education based on learning modality in individuals with diabetes incompatible with treatment on compliance and metabolic goals: A randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of education based on learning modality in diabetic individuals who are incompatible with treatment, on treatment compliance and metabolic goals. METHODS: This study is a randomized controlled trial. Among the individuals who applied to the outpatient clinic and were eligible for inclusion in the study, the odd numbers were assigned to the intervention group (n:30), and the even numbers to the control group (n:30). The practice group of 30 people and the control group were divided into 3 groups. Three groups in the intervention group was given according to the learning modality. The auditory group in the post-training practice group; calling by phone, to the visual group; by Short Messaging Servis, to the tactile group; reminder alerts were made by phone + Short Messaging Servise. Standard training was given to the control group. RESULT: It was observed that the total scale score of the intervention group decreased significantly after the training, while the total scale score of the control group increased significantly after the training. As a result of the diabetes education given based on learning modality, significant decreases were observed in A1C, fasting blood glucose, post-prandial blood glucose, body mass index, high-density lipoprotein and blood pressure values of the intervention group compared to the control group. CONCLUSION: Study findings show that the diabetes education given to the intervention group according to their learning modality positively affects the diabetes management and treatment compliance of the individuals.

Analysis of the impact of liver transplantation as a condition of health.

AIM: To analyse the impact that liver transplantation has had on the patient as a condition of their health. METHOD: A prospective study was carried out, the sample of which was made up of liver transplant patients at the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital from November 2019 to August 2021. The hospital anxiety and depression scale, the Model for End-stage liver disease sodium and liver fragility index and the Transplant Effects Questionnaire Spanish were used. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The student's t-test was used for continuous variables and the chi-square test for categorical variables. For non-parametric samples, the Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis's sign were used. RESULTS: The sample was made up of 60 patients with a mean age of 55.68 years, 70% being men. The mean anxiety and depression scores of the patients improved significantly after liver transplantation. The impact of physical health resulted that those patients with a higher Model for End-stage liver disease sodium were correlated with a greater feeling of guilt after transplantation. Furthermore, greater adherence to immunosuppressive treatment was directly correlated with greater disclosure and inversely with guilt, after transplantation. CONCLUSION: Liver transplantation is a process that impacts the health of patients. Those patients who arrive at the transplant with a more deteriorated physical situation present a greater guilt after the transplant. This impact is inversely correlated with adherence to immunosuppressive treatment. Nurses should intervene in such patients to reduce the impact on adherence to treatment.

The Mediating Role of Shared Decision-Making in the Effect of the Patient-Physician Relationship on Compliance With Treatment.

BACKGROUND: For a successful treatment outcome, the components of the treatment process are very important. The patient-physician relationship plays a key role in the successful therapeutic process and effective health service delivery. The patient's compliance with the treatment directly affects the success of the treatment. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to determine the effect of the patient-physician relationship on compliance with the treatment and to determine whether shared decision-making has an mediating role in this effect. PATIENT INVOLVEMENT: Most of the study participants (55%) were younger than 35 and their average age was 30. The majority of the participants have an associate degree or higher education. METHOD: The study used a 4-part survey form as the data collection tool. The sample in this study consisted of 399 participants. To analyze the obtained data, Structural Equation Modeling was used by employing the Smart PLS3 software. RESULTS: The results of the study show that the patient-physician relationship positively affects the patient's compliance with the treatment and shared decision-making. In addition, shared decision-making positively affects the patient's compliance with the treatment. The effect of the patient-physician relationship on compliance with treatment was strengthened through shared decision-making. DISCUSSION: The results of the study revealed that patient-physician relationship and shared decision-making are two important factors in patients' compliance with the treatment. Accordingly, the stronger the patient-physician relationship and the more patients participate in their treatment decisions, the higher their compliance with the treatment.

Harm Reduction as "Continuum Care" in Alcohol Abuse Disorder.

Alcohol abuse is one of the most important risk factors for health and is a major cause of death and morbidity. Despite this, only about one-tenth of individuals with alcohol abuse disorders receive therapeutic intervention and specific rehabilitation. Among the various dichotomies that limit an effective approach to the problem of alcohol use disorder treatment, one of the most prominent is integrated treatment versus harm reduction. For years, these two divergent strategies have been considered to be opposite poles of different philosophies of intervention. One is bound to the search for methods that aim to lead the subject to complete abstinence; the other prioritizes a progressive decline in substance use, with maximum reduction in the damage that is correlated with curtailing that use. Reduction of alcohol intake does not require any particular setting, but does require close collaboration between the general practitioner, specialized services for addiction, alcohology services and psychiatry. In patients who reach that target, significant savings in terms of health and social costs can be achieved. Harm reduction is a desirable target, even from an economic point of view. At the present state of neuroscientific knowledge, it is possible to go one step further in the logic that led to the integration of psychosocial and pharmacological approaches, by attempting to remove the shadows of social judgment that, at present, are aiming for a course of treatment that is directed towards absolute abstention.

Compliance with treatment regimen in women with gestational diabetes: Living with fear.

BACKGROUND: Gestational diabetes mellitus is a prevalent pregnancy complication that seriously endangers mothers' and babies' health. The aim of this study was to explore factors affecting treatment compliance among women with gestational diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A qualitative content analysis approach was employed. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews were conducted with hospitalized pregnant women with gestational diabetes mellitus. The research was conducted in four teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran; purposive sampling was used. RESULTS: Participants' experiences regarding factors that influence treatment compliance fell into six categories: Unexpected diagnosis, the need for urgent change, temptation to consume inappropriate foods, life in the shadow of the illness, risk avoidance, and seeking adjustment. CONCLUSIONS: Holistic education of families on gestational diabetes, training specialist diabetes nurses, and referral to public health centers and diabetes clinics could increase treatment compliance. These findings could serve patients and the healthcare system in general, if considered by healthcare officials and policy makers. Furthermore, providing outpatient services, considering cultural dietary conventions when recommending diets, and alleviating the stigma associated with diabetes through mass media could also promote treatment compliance.

Análisis del impacto del trasplante hepático como condicionante de salud / Analysis of the impact of liver transplantation as a condition of health

Objetivo: Analizar el impacto que el trasplante hepático ha tenido en el paciente como condicionante de su estado de salud. Método: Se realizó un estudio prospectivo, cuya muestra la formaron aquellos pacientes trasplantados hepáticos en el Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón desde noviembre 2019 hasta agosto 2021. Se utilizaron la escala hospitalaria de ansiedad y depresión, el Modelo para enfermedad hepática en estadio terminal sodio, el índice de fragilidad hepática y el cuestionario efectos del trasplante. Se utilizaron la prueba t de Student para las variables continuas y la prueba de chi-cuadrado para las categóricas. Para aquellas muestras no paramétricas se utilizaron el signo de Wilcoxon, U de Mann-Whitney y Kruskal-Wallis. Resultados: La muestra la conformaron 60 pacientes con una media de edad de 55,68 años, siendo el 70% hombres. La puntuación media de ansiedad y depresión de los pacientes mejoró significativamente tras el trasplante hepático. El impacto de la salud física resultó en que aquellos pacientes con un mayor índice del Modelo para enfermedad hepática en estadio terminal sodio se correlacionaron con un mayor sentimiento de culpa tras el trasplante. Además, una mayor adherencia al tratamiento inmunosupresor se correlacionó directamente con una mayor revelación e inversamente con la culpa, tras el trasplante. Conclusión: El trasplante hepático es un proceso que impacta en la salud de los pacientes. Aquellos pacientes que llegan al trasplante con una situación física más deteriorada presentan una mayor culpa tras el trasplante. Dicho impacto se correlaciona inversamente con la adherencia al tratamiento inmunosupresor. Las enfermeras deben intervenir en dichos pacientes para reducir el impacto en la adherencia al tratamiento.(AU)

Aim: To analyse the impact that liver transplantation has had on the patient as a condition of their health. Method: A prospective study was carried out, the sample of which was made up of liver transplant patients at the Gregorio Marañón General University Hospital from November 2019 to August 2021. The hospital anxiety and depression scale, the Model for End-stage liver disease sodium and liver fragility index and the Transplant Effects Questionnaire Spanish were used. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The Student's t test was used for continuous variables and the chi-square test for categorical variables. For non-parametric samples, the Wilcoxon, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis's sign were used. Results: The sample was made up of 60 patients with a mean age of 55.68 years, 70% being men. The mean anxiety and depression scores of the patients improved significantly after liver transplantation. The impact of physical health resulted that those patients with a higher Model for End-stage liver disease sodium were correlated with a greater feeling of guilt after transplantation. Furthermore, greater adherence to immunosuppressive treatment was directly correlated with greater disclosure and inversely with guilt, after transplantation. Conclusion: Liver transplantation is a process that impacts the health of patients. Those patients who arrive at the transplant with a more deteriorated physical situation present a greater guilt after the transplant. This impact is inversely correlated with adherence to immunosuppressive treatment. Nurses should intervene in such patients to reduce the impact on adherence to treatment.(AU)

Aplicação do modelo de crenças em saúde na adesão do trabalhador hipertenso ao tratamento / Application of the model of health beliefs in the worker's compliance with hypertension treatment

Estudo descritivo e qualitativo que objetivou analisar as mudanças comportamentais em trabalhadores hipertensos na adesão ao tratamento, após aplicação de uma tecnologia em saúde embasada no Modelo de Crença em Saúde. O cenário da pesquisa foi uma instituição filantrópica e, após a proposta de educação em saúde, os participantes foram entrevistados. Selecionamos as seguintes categorias temáticas: percepção da severidade da HAS, percepção dos benefícios da adesão, percepção dos custos da mudança, identificação das mudanças visando à adesão e motivação para o estabelecimento de metas para a mudança. Os dados alcançados reforçam a educação em saúde do trabalhador hipertenso como estratégia de mudança de hábitos e valores pela aquisição de novos conhecimentos e adoção de atitudes favoráveis à saúde, através de uma educação crítica e transformadora, em que o sujeito assume participação ativa no processo de aprendizagem.

Qualitative and descriptive study aiming to examine the behavioral changes in hypertensive workers in the compliance with treatment after application of a health technology based on the Health Belief Model. The scenario of the research was a philanthropic institution, and after presenting health education issues, the participants were interviewed. Then we selected the following theme categories: perception of the severity of hypertension, awareness of the benefits of compliance, awareness of change costs, identification of the changes aiming the compliance and motivation for the establishment of objectives for the change. The data obtained reinforce the health education of hypertensive worker as a changing strategy of habits and values for the acquisition of new knowledge and adoption of positive attitudes towards health, through a critical and changing education, in which the subject actively participates in the learning process.

Avaliação da adesão de pacientes portadores de síndrome metabólica ao tratamento: acesso e uso de medicamentos e conhecimento de fatores de risco / Metabolic syndrome patient compliance with treatment: access to and use of medicines and knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors

Em estudo com pacientes portadores de síndrome metabólica atendidos em centro de saúde-escola, vinculado ao Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), avaliou-se a adesão ao tratamento (medicamentoso e não medicamentoso) e a associação/correlação entre o acesso e uso de medicamentos e o nível de conhecimento dos fatores de risco cardiovascular e adesão. Este estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas - Universidade de São Paulo (USP) - em 30 de outubro de 2006 (Protocolo No 395) e compreendeu duas etapas: a primeira compreendeu o corte transversal para a avaliação da adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso e a associação/correlação entre as variáveis; a segunda, que compreendeu a coorte prospectiva com acompanhamento de 12 meses, com avaliações trimestrais, teve o objetivo de avaliar o nível de adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso e não medicamentoso. Utilizou-se a Medida de Adesão ao Tratamento (MAT), uma variação do Teste de Morisky-Green, para a avaliação do comportamento do paciente em relação ao uso de medicamentos. Para a avaliação do tratamento não-medicamentoso, utilizaram-se os seguintes parâmetros: redução de 10% do peso corporal total e realização de atividades físicas em sessões de no mínimo 30 minutos de duração e com a freqüência de pelo menos três vezes por semana. Identificou-se 243 pacientes, dos quais 75 (30,9%) foram incluídos no estudo. O índice médio de adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso foi de 5,44 pontos (desvio-padrão = 0,68), em uma escala de 1 a 6. Não houve nenhuma associação/correlação estatisticamente significante entre as variáveis analisadas e adesão ao tratamento medicamentoso. Entre os 75 pacientes incluídos, 59 (78,7%) apresentaram nível de conhecimento sobre os fatores de risco cardiovascular que variou de regular a bom. As questões relacionadas à dieta e dislipidemia apresentaram os menores níveis de acerto, 33% e 38%, respectivamente. Dos 75 pacientes, 45 (60%) compareceram para todas as...

In a study including metabolic syndrome patients being treated in a Health-Medical School Center under the Public Brazilian Healthcare System (SUS), patient compliance with non-drug and drug treatment was evaluated as well as association/correlation between access to and use of medicines and the level of knowledge of cardiovascular risk factors. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences - University of São Paulo (USP) - on October 30th, 2006 (Protocol Number 395) and it was performed in two parts: the first one was a cross-sectional study with the objective of evaluating patient compliance with drug treatment and determining association/correlation between analyzed variables; the second one was a prospective study, with a 12-month follow-up and evaluations performed every three months, aimed at evaluating patient compliance with drug and non-drug treatment. The Measure Treatment Adherence (MTA), a variation of the Morisky-Green Test was used to assess patient behavior associated with the use of medicines. Parameters to evaluate compliance with a non-drug treatment were: to achieve a 10% weight reduction in total body weight and to perform a minimum of 30 minutes of activity at least three-times a week. Among 243 identified patients, 75 (30.9%) were included in this study. An average compliance score was 5.44 points (standard-deviation = 0.68), in a 1 to 6 scale. None of the analyzed variables showed association/correlation with compliance with drug treatment. Among the 75 evaluated patients, 59 (78.7%) showed a good or regular level of knowledge about cardiovascular risk factors. The questions related to diet and dyslipidemia showed the lowest proportion of patients who answered them correctly, 33% and 38%, respectively. Among the 75 patients included, 45 (60%) patients attended all scheduled evaluations. There were statistically significant differences between compliance score during a 12-month...