Jung Sun Lee
ASAN Medical Center, South Korea
Title: A study on the relationship between Warfarin related Knowledge, medication adherence, sick role behavior of cardiac valve surgery patients
Biography
Biography: Jung Sun Lee
Abstract
Purpose This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between Warfarin related Knowledge, medication adherence, sick role behavior of cardiac valve surgery patients. Methods : The participants were 124 patients(outpatient unite). Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using t-test, ANOVA and Pearson correlation, stepwise regresstion. Result :The duration of warfarin averaged 2.6 ± 274 months, and 42.7% of participants remembered their blood coagulation value(INR)and 80.5% of patients were warfarin-educated(Individual education, group education) but 42.7% of patients had side effects. The mean score for drug- related Knowledge was 9.7points out pf a possible 13 points. medication adherence was 6.6points out pf a possible 8 points, sick role behavior was 6.6 points out pf a possible 18 points. Conclusion: Marriage, activity level(NYHA 1.2), and knowledge factors influenced sick role behavior. The result indicate that there is a need to enhance the level of drug-related Knowledge in order to increase positive behavior as part of the sick role of these patients. Sick role behavior explained factor was 25.1%. As a result, it is necessary to develop programs that can strengthen family mediation and improve heart functioning performance in warfarin-related education