TY - JOUR ID - 40689 TI - Relationship between Awareness of Disease and Adherence to Therapeutic Regimen among Cardiac Patients JO - International Journal of Community Based Nursing & Midwifery JA - IJCBNM LA - en SN - 2322-2476 AU - Heydari, Abbas AU - Ziaee, Elaheh Sadat AU - Gazrani, Akram AD - Evidence-Based Caring Research Center, Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran AD - Department of Nursing and Midwifery, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 23 EP - 30 KW - Awareness of the Disease KW - Cardiac Patients KW - Heart Disease KW - Patient Adherence DO - N2 - Background: Adherence to prescribed therapeutic regimen is an important element of self-care behaviors in cardiac patients. Awareness of disease may play an important role in patient adherence. Thus, this study was conducted to examine the relationship between awareness of the disease and adherence to therapeutic regimen among cardiac patients admitted to selected hospitals in Mashhad, Iran.Methods: Using a descriptive correlational design, 340 patients with heart disease were selected using convenience sampling from five hospitals in Mashhad during December 2009 to May 2010. Data were collected using three questionnaires including demographic information, awareness of disease and treatment adherence (including medication, diet and physical activity). Validity and reliability of the questionnaires were examined by content validity and test-retest, respectively. Also, inter-rater reliability was examined for two data raters. Data were analyzed by SPSS software, using Spearman and Kruskal-Wallis tests.Results: The results showed that only 15 percent of the study subjects had a good awareness of their disease. The majority of patients followed a good medication adherence (79 %), good diet adherence (60%), and weak physical activity adherence (61%). A significant correlation was found between knowledge and adherence to therapeutic regimen (P=0.001, rp=0.32).Conclusion: This study showed that awareness of disease and adherence to physical activity was low in the majority of patients. It is recommended that studies should be conducted to explore effective educational programs and strategies to improve adherence to therapeutic regimen among cardiac patients.  UR - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_40689.html L1 - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_40689_4a032ed7048e80e1177aeffdbe5f8e93.pdf ER -