Attitude and Behavior Related to Patient Education among Physicians Who Manage Hypertensives at Taipei City Hospitals
Resource
中華民國公共衛生學會雜誌, v.7 n.1 p.17-29
Journal
中華民國公共衛生學會雜誌
Journal Volume
v.7 n.1 p.17-29
Pages
-
Date Issued
1987-05
Date
1987-05
Author(s)
李蘭
劉慧俐
紀雪雲
黃琪璘
Abstract
Noncompliance with the therapeutic regimen is one of the major factors responsible for the relatively low levels of high blood pressure control. A number of investigators have shown that compliance can be affected by physicians' behavior and by various aspects of the physician-patient relationship. Thus, the purposes of this study are to understand physicians' management of hypertension and to investigate the relationship between physicians' attituate toward patient education and their use of educational strategies in the management of hypertension. A survey was conducted to the physicians of Taipei City Hospitals. 61 physicians who are practicing Internal Medicine/Cardiovasology and have managed hypertensives were selected. Major results are following: (l) physicians manage hypertensives in different ways; (2) the proportion of physicians who are performing patient education is low; (3) the more positive the physicians’ attitude toward patient education, the higher rate the physicians' practice in patient education; (4) among the variables which affect physician' practice in patient education such as the years of working, attitude, age, position, and hospital, the most salient ones are age and hospital; (5) regarding physicians' interests in continuing education, "drug treatment of hypertension" and "complication of hypertension" are perceived to be the most interesting topices while "patient education material" and "behavioral treatment of hypertension" are perceived to be the least interesting topics. It is suggested that health education professionals should do their best to increase physicians' attention in patient education and to help them to estabilish approproate attitude toward patient education. Then, there is a great likelihood of performing patient education among those physicians.
Subjects
Hypertension
Compliance
Patient Education
Type
journal article
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