Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2155-9880
+44 1300 500008
Sharareh Zeighami Mohammadi
Islamic Azad University, Iran
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Clin Exp Cardiolog
Adherence medication and to low salt diet are an important aspect of self-care behaviors that plays role in improving quality of life and reduce readmission rates, mortality and health cost. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between type D personality and adherence to medication and the low salt diet in patients with systolic heart failure. This was a descriptive -correlational study that 100 patients with heart failure at least one year experience of developing heart failure and ejection fraction below 40% admitted to hospital Alborz Social Security of Karaj and the Social Security Hospital of Shahriar in 2013 using convenience sampling were entered into the study. Demographic data and type-D personality questionnaire, medication adherence scale and low sodium eating behavior scale, was completed by interview. Data was analyzed by SPSS software version 18 and using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA and coefficient Pearson correlation.75% of heart failure patients had type D personality. The 60% was moderate low adherence to a low salt diet and 65% was the poor medical adherence. There was a significant negative moderate correlation between type D personality and medical adherence (p<0.001). Significant positive poor correlation was found between adherence to the low salt diet and depression/anxiety (p=0.032), social inhibition (p=0.008) and total score of type D personality (p=0.023). Heart failure patients with type D personality had low adherence to medication and low salt diet. Screening and evaluation of patients with heart related to type D personality and referring patients for consultation and use of appropriate therapies can help to enhance adherence to medication and low salt diet and quality of life of heart failure patients.
Email: zeighami@kiau.ac.ir