DISEASE-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, MHLC, AND COMPLIANCE WITH TREATMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH COPD.
Contributors: University Of Tennessee.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.; Education, Health.
Description: This study examined the relationship among disease related knowledge, multidimensional health locus of control, and the level of treatment compliance for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The target population was hospitalized at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville.

Thirty subjects were interviewed at the bedside by the researcher. Instruments utilized consisted of a disease related self-care knowledge test developed by the researcher, a survey questionnaire concerning comprehensive treatment compliance behavior developed by the researcher, the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLC), and a demographic$\\$COPD instruction data form.

The data were analyzed using chi-square and Spearman rho. Percentages and frequencies were used for demographic and instructional data.

A significant relationship was found between the level of disease related knowledge and the level of compliance with treatment. No significant relationships were found between the level of disease related knowledge and the MHLC, or the level of treatment compliance and the MHLC.

From these findings the following conclusions were drawn: (1) The MHLC dimension of internal, powerful others, or chance had no affect on the amount of COPD related knowledge possessed by patients. The variables are not significantly related. (2) The amount of COPD knowledge held by these patients had a significant positive affect on the level of treatment compliance for these individuals. Therefore, education concerning COPD self-care will result in increased compliance with treatment. (3) The MHLC dimension of internal, powerful others, or chance had no affect on the level of treatment compliance for COPD patients. The two variables are not significantly related.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-06, Section: B, page: 2338.

Thesis (ED.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, 1989.

School code: 0226.