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KMID : 0922320150220010069
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Journal of Korean Academic Society of Home Care Nursing
2015 Volume.22 No. 1 p.69 ~ p.77
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Correlation between Knowledge of Hepatitis C and Compliance with therapeutic guidelines in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients
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Sun Woo-Rim
Ju Hyeon-Ok
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Abstract
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Purposes: The purpose of the study was to evaluate knowledge of hepatitis C and compliance with therapeutic guidelines and their correlation.
Methods: Participants included a total of 197 subjects with chronic hepatitis C from 4 general hospitals. Subjects were asked 25 items of knowledge on hepatitis C and 17 items of compliance with therapeutic guidelines. The collected data was analyzed for frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation coefficient. with the help of SPSS 21.0 program.
Results: The subject’s knowledge on chronic hepatitis C expressed as percentage was 67.1%. Compliance of the research participants gained 3.96(±0.76) points in general on a 5-point scale. Learned compliance was higher when the patients were 45 years old and over. female and with spouse. There was a statistically significantly positive correlation between knowledge and compliances.
Conclusions: Development of educational programs requires consideration of patient characteristics, particularly education on the male patients under 45 years of age.
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KEYWORD
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Hepatitis C, Knowledge, Patient Compliance
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