The influence on medication adherence of the elderly with chronic diseases in rural area

Abstract

Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Health Literacy, Social-Support, and Self-Efficacy on Medication Adherence of the Elderly with Chronic Diseases in Rural. Methods/Statistical analysis: The subjects were 239 elderly people aged 65 years or older who wanted to attend two small hospitals in J do H, and data collection was conducted from July 14, 2017 to August 14, 2017 using structured questionnaires one on one interviews were conducted. The instruments of the research included the Korean Functional Health Literacy Test(KHLT), Social-Support is used MPSS(The Multidimensional Scale of Social-Support) and Self-Efficacy Scale, Medication Adherence is used Medication Adherence Scale(MMAS-8).The data were analyzed using SPSS/WIN 23.0, as Correlation among Health Literacy, Social-Support, Self-Efficacy and medication in Adherence of objects, Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used. Factors Affecting Medication adherence of the Elderly with Chronic Diseases were analyzed with Multiple regression. Findings: The results of the study were as follows. The higher the level self-efficacy, the higher the health literacy(r=.80, p