<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_FON-2019-0013_s_006_w2aab3b7ab1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>To explore the concept of adherence in the context of rehabilitation of patients with chronic illnesses. This concept analysis is helpful in predicting health behaviors and intentions including physical activity and dietary behaviors in patients with chronic illnesses.</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0013_s_007_w2aab3b7ab1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>The framework of Walker and Avant was used to analyze the concept of adherence.</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0013_s_008_w2aab3b7ab1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>Adherence is defined as the extent to which a person’s behavior, such as taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes, corresponds to agreed recommendations from a health-care provider. The antecedents of adherence are the biomedical status of the individual, social support, self-efficacy, and education. Self-report questionnaires and patient self-reporting are the most common measurement tools of adherence. Thus, the reliable and valid instrument of monitoring adherence in the clinical settings is challenging.</p></sec><sec id="j_FON-2019-0013_s_009_w2aab3b7ab1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Analyzing the concept of adherence is necessary to help understand how best to promote adherence to improve health-related outcomes.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveTo explore the concept of adherence in the context of rehabilitation of patients with chronic illnesses. This concept analysis is helpful in predicting health behaviors and intentions including physical activity and dietary behaviors in patients with chronic illnesses.MethodsThe framework of Walker and Avant was used to analyze the concept of adherence.ResultsAdherence is defined as the extent to which a person’s behavior, such as taking medication, following a diet, and/or executing lifestyle changes, corresponds to agreed recommendations from a health-care provider. The antecedents of adherence are the biomedical status of the individual, social support, self-efficacy, and education. Self-report questionnaires and patient self-reporting are the most common measurement tools of adherence. Thus, the reliable and valid instrument of monitoring adherence in the clinical settings is challenging.ConclusionsAnalyzing the concept of adherence is necessary to help understand how best to promote adherence to improve health-related outcomes.

Concept analysis of adherence

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveTo explore the concept of adherence in the context of rehabilitation of patients with chronic illnesses. This concept analysis is helpful in...

Concept analysis of adherence

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jul 10, 2019

Page range: 81 - 86

Received: Nov 01, 2018

Accepted: Dec 25, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/FON-2019-0013

Keywords
adherence, rehabilitation of patients with chronic illnesses, the Theory of Planned Behavior, concept analysis

© 2019 Chen-Mei Lyu and Li Zhang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Concept analysis of adherence

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jul 10, 2019

Page range: 81 - 86

Received: Nov 01, 2018

Accepted: Dec 25, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/FON-2019-0013

Keywordsadherence, rehabilitation of patients with chronic illnesses, the Theory of Planned Behavior, concept analysis

© 2019 Chen-Mei Lyu and Li Zhang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
adherence, rehabilitation of patients with chronic illnesses, the Theory of Planned Behavior, concept analysis