Determinants of adherence to tuberculosis treatment in Iranian patients: Application of health belief model

Azizi, Nemat; Karimy, Mahmood; Salahshour, Vahid Naseri

doi:10.3855/jidc.9653

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“…The HBM is framed on a number of key health beliefs, such as perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and self-efficacy that persuade individuals to make healthy behavior changes. The HBM has been used in previous studies to characterize response to health threats such as the swine flu, tuberculosis, and others [41][42][43][44]. Based on the framework, smokers who perceive themselves susceptible to a threat are more likely to engage in reduction or quitting behaviors.…”

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Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yingst

Krebs

Bordner

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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COVID-19 has become a global pandemic, with over 81 million cases worldwide. To assess changes in tobacco use as a result of the pandemic, we surveyed a convenience sample of current tobacco users between April and June 2020. The sample was taken from a tobacco user research registry (n = 3396) from the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Participants who responded to the survey and were eligible for this study (n = 291) were 25.6% male, 93% white, and had a mean age of 47.3 (SD = 11.6) years. There were no reports of participants testing positive for COVID-19, but 21.7% reported experiencing symptoms associated with the virus. Most participants (67%) believed that their risk of contracting COVID-19 was the same as non-tobacco users, but 57.7% believed that their risk of serious complications, if infected, was greater compared to non-tobacco users. A total of 28% reported increasing their cigarette use during the pandemic. The most common reasons for increased use were increased stress, more time at home, and boredom while quarantined. Nearly 15% reported decreasing their tobacco use. The most common reasons for reduced use were health concerns and more time around non-smokers (including children). A total of 71 (24.5%) users reported making a quit attempt. Characterizing these pandemic-related changes in tobacco use may be important to understanding the full scope of subsequent health outcomes resulting from the pandemic. Tobacco cessation resources should be tailored to allow for safe, appropriate access for those interested in quitting.

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Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Krebs

Bordner

et al. 2021

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“…This study explored challenges faced by parents in two districts of an urbanised state in Malaysia according to the HBM construct of perceived barriers [31]. HBM explained a theory exploring community behaviour on a disease prevention activities which also includes other constructs such as perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, self-efficacy, perceived benefits and cues to action [32].…”

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Exploring challenges faced by parents of children with tuberculosis to achieve treatment success

Awaluddin

Ismail

Yasin

et al. 2020

JCHS

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Introduction: Parents play an essential role in the success of their children’s tuberculosis (TB) treatment. They faced many challenges from the initial children’s health status changes until completing the TB treatment. The challenges were also described as perceived barriers, according to the Health Belief Model (HBM). This study aims to explore parents’ experiences on the challenges in achieving a successful TB treatment for their child in two districts of Selangor, Malaysia. Methods: The research was carried out using the phenomenology study design. In-depth interviews were conducted among purposely sample primary caregivers of children with TB disease who have completed TB treatment or still under treatment. MyTB version 2.1 data were sought from TB Unit, Selangor Health State Department for Klang and Petaling districts. The participants were selected based on the registration year of 2017 to 2019. The collected data was considered as achieving its saturation level if no new themes arise from the latest interviews session. The R-based Qualitative Data Analysis (RQDA) package version 0.2-8 was used for thematic data analysis. Results: The total number of participants in this study was fifteen mothers of children with TB disease. There were six main themes identified from this study, which were health symptoms challenges, TB investigation challenges, personal challenges, healthcare facilities challenges, administration medication challenges, and community challenges. Conclusions: Understanding the challenges faced by parents of children with TB disease is vital for improving the TB services and providing the required psychosocial support to the children’s family.

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“…Our study showed mother’s perceived threat towards obesity was a significant factor in predicting for child’s BMI. The study of Azizi et al [35] in tuberculosis patients revealed that effective threat perceptions are related to health decision-making. Similarly, Moore et al [13] indicated that perceived threat could create motivation for losing weight and having more physical activity.…”

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Epidemiology of childhood overweight, obesity and their related factors in a sample of preschool children from Central Iran

Armoon

Karimy

2019

BMC Pediatr

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Background Childhood overweight and obesity are strongly associated with the psychological and physical health of those for the duration of the lifetime. The purpose of this study was to assess the epidemiology of childhood overweight and obesity and their related factors in Zarandieh city, of Iran, in 2017. Methods In a cross-sectional study, 572 preschool-mother dyads from primary care Clinics were selected by multi-stage sampling method. BMI of the children and mothers were calculated using standard method and the demographic, children nutrition and physical activity habits; the mothers perceived threat toward obesity, and their life style data were collected by self-report questionnaires for the literate mothers and interviewing for illiterate mothers. Result The prevalence of overweight and obesity in mothers was 30.8 and 20.3% respectively. This rate in children was 15.5 and 9.9% respectively. The multiple logistic regression analysis showed that variables of mother’s BMI, Birth weight, Mother’s employment, watching TV > 2 h/day, Computer games> 2 h/day and daily breakfast eating (≥4/week), perceived threat, health responsibility, stress management, physical activity, and healthy eating were the significant predictors of the child’s BMI respectively. Conclusions Our results indicated that the prevalence of overweight and obesity are high in preschool children and their mothers. It seems that necessary to have suitable intervention programs to help mothers understand the serious risk of childhood obesity and the importance of creating a healthy lifestyle by them in childhood.

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Determinants of adherence to tuberculosis treatment in Iranian patients: Application of health belief model

Cited by 32 publications

References 25 publications

Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tobacco Use Changes and Perceived Health Risks among Current Tobacco Users during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exploring challenges faced by parents of children with tuberculosis to achieve treatment success

Epidemiology of childhood overweight, obesity and their related factors in a sample of preschool children from Central Iran

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