Nontarut Sataverapong. Effects of the self medication management program on knowledge about medication use,medication management abilities, medication adherence, and blood pressure control in persons with essential hypertension . Master's Degree(Adult Nursing). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2007.
Effects of the self medication management program on knowledge about medication use,medication management abilities, medication adherence, and blood pressure control in persons with essential hypertension
Abstract:
The present study was quasi-experimental research with a two-group pre-test
post- test design which aimed at investigating the effects of a self medication
management program on knowledge about medication use, medication management
abilities, medication adherence, and blood pressure control in persons with essential
hypertension. The subjects consisted of 64 persons with essential hypertension who
were 35-59 years old and who were attending the Hypertension Clinic, Maesariang
Hospital, Maesariang District, Maehongson Province from July to October 2006.
Purposive sampling was used to select the subjects who were assigned to the
experimental and control groups by means of match pairs, with 32 subjects in each
group. The experimental group received the self medication management program,
whereas the control group received usual care. Data were analyzed with the two-factor
repeated measure design with repeated measure on one factor.
The study findings revealed that at fourth weeks and eight weeks after entering
the program, the mean scores of knowledge about medication use, medication
management abilities, and medication adherence of the experimental group were
statistically significantly higher and their blood pressure levels were statistically
significantly lower than those of the control group (p<.001).A comparison of the
interaction between reception of the program and time showed that the mean scores of
knowledge about medication use, medication management abilities, and medication
adherence were statistically significantly higher. Also, the blood pressure levels
measured at baseline and after entering the program were statistically significantly
different (p<.001).
These findings demonstrated that the self medication management program
could be used to develop the hypertensive patients’ knowledge about medication use
and medication management abilities. Nurses should help patients improve medication
adherence and encourage them to more effectively control blood pressure. It is
recommended that this program should be implemented as part of the nursing care
plan, and it should be used to promote self-care knowledge and perceived self-care
ability of patients with other chronic illnesses.