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   The Relationship Between Psychosocial Status and Adherence To Treatment Regimen in Adolescents With Thalassemia  
   
نویسنده Ghorbanpoor Maryam ,Mirzaie Mahshid ,Mirhaghjou Noshaz ,Atrkar Roshan Zahra
منبع Journal Of Holistic Nursing And Midwifery - 2020 - دوره : 30 - شماره : 2 - صفحه:78 -85
چکیده    Introduction: adherence to the treatment regimen is among the key principles in chronicdiseases, like thalassemia. the difficult treatment of these patients and the significantbiopsychosocial changes that occur during adolescence may lead to numerous psychosocialchanges. such issuesmay affect their adherence to the treatment regimen.objective: the current study aimedto determine the relationship between psychosocialstatus and adherence to the treatment regimen in adolescents with thalassemia referring tohospitals in rasht city, iran.materials and methods: crosssectional study was conducted on 66 adolescents withthalassemia. the study samples included patients aged 1121 years, referring to twohospitals in rasht city, iran, in 2017. they were selected using the census methods. datacollection tools included a demographic form and pediatric symptom checklistyouthreport (pscy). the compliance rate was measured by evaluating their adherence tofollowup visits, average results of the last three ferritin tests, and iron chelator use. thecollected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the chisquared test, fisher rsquo;sexact test, and regression analysis.results: fifty percent of patients reported psychosocial problems and most of them had goodadherence to followup visits (74.2%); however, their adherence to ferritin tests (47%) andiron chelator use (45.5%) was poor. regression analysis results suggested that the effect ofpsychosocial status on adherence to followup visits (p<0.05, or=0.8, 95% ci; 0.6281), ferritintest (p<0.05, or=0.213, 95% ci; 0.0441), and iron chelator use (p<0.001, or=0.852, 95% ci;0.7720.94) was significant.conclusion: adolescents with thalassemia fail to adhere to treatment regimen fully; therefore,appropriate interventions are required to improve their psychosocial status
کلیدواژه Psychosocialstatus ,Treatment Regimen ,Adolescents
آدرس Guilan University Of Medical Sciences, 17 Shahrivar Hospital, Iran, Guilan University Of Medical Sciences, School Of Nursing And Midwifery, Department Of Nursing, Iran, Guilan University Of Medical Sciences, School Of Nursing And Midwifery, Department Of Midwifery, Iran, Guilan University Of Medical Sciences, School Of Medicine, Department Of Bio-Statistics, Iran
 
     
   
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