PURPOSE Current medication-adherence predictive tools are based on patient medication-taking beliefs, but studying past behavior may now be a more explanatory and accessible method. This study will evaluate if past medication-refill behavior for a statin regimen is more predictive of medication adherence than patient medication-taking health beliefs. PATIENTS AND METHODS This prospective long...

aims: the oral health is one of the most of public health problems and women with pregnancy have high risk for dental caries and need more attention. the purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a health education intervention based on the health belief model (hbm) on oral health behavior in pregnant women. methods: this is a quasi-experimental study carried out on 130 pregnant ...

This paper develops and estimates a closed-form model of Bayesian learning of subjective survival beliefs within the framework of Choquet decision theory. Data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) indicate that, on average, young respondents underestimate their true survival probability whereas old respondents overestimate their survival probability. Such subjective beliefs violate the ra...

background: oral and dental caries are the most prevalent diseases in the world. the aim of this study was to determine the predictors of oral health care in adults based on health belief model in isfahan, iran.   methods: in this cross-sectional (descriptive and analytical) study on 274 patients from the school of dentistry, isfahan university of medical sciences were selected by a simple rand...

BACKGROUND This cross-sectional study examined the actor and partner effects of beliefs about AIDS-related death on quality of life in Chinese married couples in which both were living with HIV. METHODS A total of 49 married couples in central China who were both infected with HIV completed measures to assess their beliefs about AIDS-related death and quality of life. RESULTS In the actor-p...

Background: Menstruation is a natural and physiologic process that is managed based on various socio-cultural habits and behaviors. Cultural beliefs about menstruation can improve or worsen menstrual health behavior. The present study aimed to explore the cultural beliefs about menstrual health in Bam city, Iran. Materials and Methods: This is a qualitative study with Directed Content Analysis...

BACKGROUND Low health literacy is associated with low adherence to self-management in many chronic diseases. Additionally, health beliefs are thought to be determinants of self-management behaviors. In this study we sought to determine the association, if any, of health literacy and health beliefs among elderly individuals with COPD. METHODS We enrolled a cohort of patients with COPD from two...

The aim of this study was to apply the Health Belief Model to explain the adherence to the recommendation not to recap needles by dentists and dental assistants of the public health system in a municipality in the State of São Paulo. A questionnaire validated and adapted for the oral health area was used, which included variables related to the frequency of recapping and health beliefs using Li...

While information and communication technologies can increase the health care provided to underserved populations, research concerning these technologies often involves only those patients who possess access to technology or who are otherwise willing and able to use it. This issue is important for both researchers and practitioners because non-users’ beliefs may not only be different from users...