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Francesca Giordano; Sara Guidotti; Omar Carlo Gioacchino Gelo; Clemente Salerno; Carlo Pruneti – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2025
Objective: The study assessed the effectiveness of a psychological intervention based on psychoeducation and cognitive-behavioural counselling for hypertensive patients. Methods: Thirty-three people were selected to participate in the study as they reported a T score [greater than or equal to] 63 only in a symptom dimension of the "Symptom…
Descriptors: Hypertension, Psychoeducational Methods, Body Composition, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Polinski, J. M.; Kesselheim, A. S.; Frolkis, J. P.; Wescott, P.; Allen-Coleman, C.; Fischer, M. A. – Health Education Research, 2014
Primary medication adherence occurs when a patient properly fills the first prescription for a new medication. Primary adherence only occurs about three-quarters of the time for antihypertensive medications. We assessed patients' barriers to primary adherence and attributes of patient-provider discussions that might improve primary adherence…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Drug Therapy, Patients, Hypertension
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Clum, George A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Stress has been hypothesized to be both a negative and a positive prognostic factor. Stress was examined in relation to total symptomatology as rated by the patient and a significant other and to five symptom factors. This was accomplished at the time a patient was hospitalized and one year subsequently. (Author)
Descriptors: Hypertension, Life Style, Mental Disorders, Patients