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Strange Patient Behaviors Around The Globe: In Pakistan, 20% of epilepsy patients (ethnic) were made to smell shoes. A nearly 90% of women in India sometimes resort to using ashes,newspapers, dried leaves and husk sand to aid absorption. More than 35% patients in 10 countries from Africa (Egypt, South Africa), Middle East (Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran and Lebanon) and South Asia (Bangladesh, India and Pakistan) did not receive any diabetes education. Uncontrolled BP was found more than 50% in Bangladesh, 70% in Pakistan and almost 60% in Sri Lanka. In the USA, sub-optimal medication adherence has been associated with 125,000 deaths, 10% of hospitalizations, and costs 300 billion USD annually. "Coining” or "Cupping" a similar belief in China, Indonesia and many South Asian countries that rubbing coin or cupping (figure 3) along with the skin will bring bad blood to surface. 25% of Hispanic patients reported fear that insulin causes blindness.
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This page is a summary of: Patient behavior: an extensive review, Nursing & Care Open Access Journal, May 2019, MedCrave Group LLC,
DOI: 10.15406/ncoaj.2019.06.00188.
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Patient behaviour in medication management: Findings from a patient usability study that may impact clinical outcomes
The patients' self‐reported medication management skills differed from their actual observed medication management performance. In addition, the routines and coping strategies used by the patients to deal with the complexity of their overall medication regimen were not in accordance with the medication plan and the instructions for use on the product labels. Issues were observed on all stages of the medication process that can be considered relevant to patient adherence, especially medication plan recall, product identification, product selection, product handling and product recognition in a multi-compartment compliance aid.
Practice and predictors of self-care behaviors among ambulatory patients with hypertension in Ethiopia
The rate of adherence to self-care behaviors particularly weight management, low salt intake, physical exercise, and medication intake was low in our study. Elders, females, khat chewers, rural residents, and patients with negative medication belief, comorbidity, and inadequate knowledge of SCBs were less adherent to self-care behaviors compared to their counterparts. Therefore, health care providers should pay more emphasis to patients at risk of having low self-care behaviors.
Spouse and Patient Beliefs and Perceptions About Chronic Pain: Effects on Couple Interactions and Patient Pain Behavior
Spouse beliefs about and perceptions of patient chronic pain were related to spouse behavior toward patients during a discussion and to attributions explaining patient pain during physical activity. If spouse confusion and doubt about patient pain is related to negative behavior and attributions, then modifying these perceptions may be a fundamental intervention target.
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