The effect of peer education on medication adherence and quality of life of clients with hypertension.The effect of peer education on medication adherence and quality of life of clients with hypertension.The effect of peer education on medication adherence and quality of life of clients with hypertension.
- Conditions
- hypertention.Hypertensive diseasesI10-I15
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016102629809N1
- Lead Sponsor
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 110
at least six months have passed by physician diagnosis of blood pressure; patients with primary hypertension are filled; have aged 15 years old and older; history of participation in training programs in the field of medication adherence and blood pressure during the past six months alone; at least one blood pressure medication taken by the patient; literate and have the ability to speak the Persian language; cognitive difficulties, physical disability does not have; employment or education in related groups, not medical.
Exclusion criteria: treatment regimen (medication adherence) patient change; patients during the study in collaboration with researcher has revised and happy to be working; to participate in at least one of the training sessions held by counterparts have; disturbed that the new body will lose its ability to self-care; patients died during the study.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Medication adherence. Timepoint: Two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Morisky medication adherence questionnaire.;Quality of life. Timepoint: Two months after the intervention. Method of measurement: SF-36 questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hypertention. Timepoint: Two month after intervention. Method of measurement: Measurement of blood pressure, blood pressure measurement device is mercury.