RESILIENCE AND ILLNESS DENIAL AS PREDICTING FACTORS FOR ADHERENT BEHAVIOUR

Lack of adherence in patients with chronic illnesses is significant burden for health care system all over the world. Therefore, it important to find which factors do contribute improve adherent behaviour. The aim this study was out how resilience and illness denial predicts behaviour primary care.In quantitative cross-sectional participated 202 adults Latvia diagnosed illness. Participants filled sociodemographic data questionnaire – gender, age, diagnosis, Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD–RISC–25, Connor Davidson, 2003), Illness Denial Questionnaire-Short Form (IDQ-SF, Rossi Ferrario et al., 2019), Adherent (Skaldere-Darmudasa Sudraba, 2023) nine items measure assessing what extent individual follows doctor’s or specialist’s recommendation reduce symptoms their condition. Items are rated 4 point Likert scale. result shows a tendency that higher use less according more Higher points means following about intake medication, physical activities, diet, rest.