15^th Euro Nursing & Medicare Summit

Biography

Biography: Meral Altlok

Abstract

This research has been done to describe healthy life style behaviors with illness perception of individuals who have essential hypertension and relationship between medicine adaptation. Exemplification of research comprises of 375 patients applying Erciyes University Medicine Faculty Yılmaz Mehmet ÖztaÅŸkın Heart Hospital Cardiology Policlinics and suitable for filling applications older than 18 and diagnosed Essential hypertension at least 6 months ago. Dates of research have been collected as Personal Information Form, Adaptation to Medicine Treatment –Self Efficiency Short Form and Healthy Life Style Behaviors Range II. In statistical analysis, Shapiro Wilk Test, Ki Square Analysis Test, Mann Whitney U have been used p<0,05 has been found meaningful. Patients participating in the research are %67,5 female, %41,9 are 50-59 age frequency, %54,1 primary school and over the majority is married and jobless. It has been determined that %88,1 of patients are over normal weight, %32,8 are smokers and %83,7 are regular medicine users. Healthy life style behaviors range has been found higher at regular medicine users/applying health control, blood pressure under control, living with his family and in city, high school compared to other groups (p<0,05). Adaptation to medicine treatment- self influence range total point has been found higher at female jobless and regular medicine users (p<0,05). Individuals applying to our research mostly have suffered from headache since the beginning of illness (%86,9). In the research the patients having essential hypertension. It has been detected that as they detect their illness, the adaptations of medicine treatment and performing healthy life style behaviors increase (p<0,05). Key words: Essential hypertension, Healthy life style behaviors, medication, adaptation, perception of illness.