Investigation and analysis on medication compliance and family care of patients with chronic hepatitis B

Abstract

Objective To understand the medication compliance, family care and their correlation in patients with chronic hepatitis B. Methods From January to Decemeber 2016, two hundred and seventy-six chronic hepatitis B patients from a class III grade A infectious disease hospital in Nantong were selected as the research object by convenient sampling method. They were investigated by the medication compliance questionnaire and the family care index questionnaire. Results Chronic hepatitis B patients with good medication compliance accounted for 48.91%, the family care score was (7.82±2.38) points. Pearson correlation analysis showed negative correlation between the medication compliance of patients and family care (r=-0.173, P<0.05) . There were significance differences in medication compliance among different age, gender, occupation, cultural level, monthly income, medical payment (χ2=27.45, 8.42, 13.36, 24.76, 10.65, 18.38; P<0.05) . There were significant differences in family care scores among patients of different age, gender, occupation, marital status, monthly income and method of medical payment (t=7.41, 2.52, 4.96, 6.88, 5.65, 11.26; P<0.05) . Conclusions The medication compliance and family care of chronic hepatitis B patients still needs to be further improved. It is necessary to strengthen the multi family-oriented nursing intervention, and improve medication compliance and family care so as to delay progression and improve quality of life of patients. Key words: Hepatitis B, chronic; Medication compliance; Family care; Investigation and analysis