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Volume 8 J Community Med Health Educ, an open access journal
ISSN: 2161-0711 Public Health 2018
February 26-28, 2018
PUBLIC HEALTH AND NUTRITION
3rd World Congress on
February 26-28, 2018 London, UK
PATIENT'S PERCEPTION ON E-HEALTH INTERVENTION FOR IMPROVING MEDICATIONS
ADHERENCE IN OCCLUSIVE ARTERIAL DISEASE
Paula Fernanda Pérez Riveroa and Ana Fernanda Uribe Rodrígueza
aPontificia Bolivariana University, Colombia
The progressive increase in the use of communication technologies has generated an interest in the scientific community
about the effectiveness and the patient's perception of these strategies for health intervention. The objective of this study
was to evaluate the perception of an e-Health intervention to increase medication adherence in patients with occlusive arterial
disease. A qualitative investigation was carried out in which four focus groups were performed with the participation of 43
patients. For the treatment of the data a content analysis was performed using the software Atlas TI.7. The main result was a
favorable perception of the e-health intervention. Additionally, the following descriptive categories were obtained: perception
of the disease, medication taking, perception of the health system, support networks, use and appropriation of the technology,
and strategies for adherence. The emotions, experiences and opinions related to the disease and its treatment were used in the
description of these categories. It is concluded that the use of text messages is a promising, efficient and sustainable tool to
promote drug adherence in patients with occlusive arterial disease.
Biography
Paula Fernanda Pérez Rivero has been Graduated from Pontificia Bolivariana University, as Psychologist with Diploma in Clinical and Health Psychology, has
expertise in clinical practice and in design of health care programms for cancer patients. Furthermore, she has developed evaluation and intervention protocolos for
patients with chronical diseases and patients with mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. Currently, she is an assistant professor and junior researcher
at Pontificia Bolivariana University.
Paula Fernanda Pérez Rivero et al., J Community Med Health Educ 2018, Vol 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C1-032