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The Health Belief Model
Factors Influencing Patient Compliance
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Introduction
Half of medical advice is not taken up.
£100 million of prescribed medication is discarded every year, at least.
Compliance with screening or preventative programmes is essential for their effectiveness.
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Health Belief Model
Health Motivation.
Perceived vulnerability.
Perceived costs and benefits.
Perceived Seriousness.
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Health Motivation
The individual’s general interest in health matters, which may correlate with personality, social class, ethic group, religion etc etc.
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Perceived Vulnerability
How vulnerable or threatened a patient feels him / herself to be to a particular disease.
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Perceived Costs and Benefits
The individual’s estimation of the benefits of treatment weighed against cost, risks and inconvenience.
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Perceived Seriousness
Trigger factors such as alarming symptoms, advice from family or friends, messages from the media, disruption of work or play.
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Health Beliefs About Illness or Symptoms
Difficult to elicit.
Patients frightened of looking foolish or ignorant.
Patients may be reluctant to “waste a doctors time” with personal attitudes.
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Health Beliefs About Illness or Symptoms
Avoid direct questions e.g. “What do you think will happen if you don’t get your blood pressure checked?”
Indirect questions helpful:“What is going through your mind?”
“What does your wife / husband think?”
Etc etc.
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Checklist
Elicit patient’s health beliefs.
Reinforce positive attitudes to health.
i.e. praise for giving up smoking for a period in the past, don’t dwell on the fact they re-started.
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Checklist
Counter myths and negative attitudes.
Inform patient about causes and prognosis.
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Checklist
Plan an appropriate course of action to suit his/her needs and lifestyle.
Don’t ask them to give up cigarettes, alcohol and sexual promiscuity all at once !