PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Relative Risk, Passive Smoking, Interleukin 1 Beta

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Our health is determined by many things. Approximately 125,000 people in the us die each year because they are nonadherent to medical orders. Nonadherence to medication regimens occurs in roughly 25% of patients. Depends on the condition/regimen (e. g. , chronic diseases less adherence) Effective ways to help people follow medical treatments could have far larger effects on health than any treatment itself (haynes et al. , 2008, p. 20) E. g. , patient may treat regimen as advice/opinion rather than. More optimistic and conscientious, more likely to be adherent. High stress and depression related to nonadherence. Depressed patients at 3x higher risk of nonadherence. Social support: tangible and intangible help a person receives from friends and/or family few friends and family less likely to adhere. Instrumental support (e. g. , let me do that ; remember to take your pill ) a stronger predictor of adherence than emotional support (e. g. , you can do it i believe in you )

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