Relationship between symptom burden, medication adherence and spiritual well‐being in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Aylin Helvaci, Nur Izgu and Leyla Ozdemir

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2020, vol. 29, issue 13-14, 2388-2396

Abstract: Aims and objectives To investigate the relationship between symptom burden, medication adherence and spiritual well‐being in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Background The relationship between spirituality and medication adherence has been investigated in different chronic conditions. However, the relationship between symptom burden, medication adherence and spiritual well‐being in patients with COPD has not been explored. Design A descriptive correlational study design was adopted. Methods A total of 112 patients with COPD were included in the study. Data were collected using the COPD Assessment Test (CAT), the Adherence to Refills and Medications Scale‐7 (ARMS‐7) and the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy‐Spiritual Well‐Being Scale (FACIT‐Sp). The data were analysed using descriptive and correlational statistics. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Checklist was used. Results The CAT score was significantly higher in patients on long‐term oxygen therapy and those who had more than three comorbid conditions (p

Date: 2020
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.15251

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:29:y:2020:i:13-14:p:2388-2396

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Journal of Clinical Nursing from John Wiley & Sons
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().