Hypertensive patients' preferences for complementary and alternative medicine and the influence of these preferences on the adherence to prescribed medication.

Autor: Lee K; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. Electronic address: chewhan4694@yahoo.com., Mokhtar HH; Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. Electronic address: halaliah@educ.upm.edu.my., Krauss SE; Community Educations and Youth Studies Laboratory, Institute for Social Science Studies (IPSAS), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. Electronic address: abd_lateef@hotmail.com., Ong BK; School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. Electronic address: ongbengkok@hotmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Complementary therapies in clinical practice [Complement Ther Clin Pract] 2014 May; Vol. 20 (2), pp. 99-105. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Mar 14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctcp.2014.03.001
Abstrakt: Purpose: This study aimed to understand hypertensive patients' perceptions of and adherence to prescribed medication.
Methods: A qualitative research study based on 23 purposely selected participants from a community health clinic in Malaysia. The participants underwent in-depth semi-structured interviews, and the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis method.
Results: The participants were presented with six types of perceptions of medication. The majority of the participants had negative perceptions of Western medicine (WM), self-adjusted their prescribed medication with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and concealed their self-adjusting habits from their doctors. Participants who thought positively of WM took their prescribed medication regularly. Most of the participants perceived the nature of WM as not being curative because of its side effects. Patients have the right to choose their preferred medication when they understand their illness.
Conclusion: Local health care systems should provide patients with alternative health services that suit their requests.
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