The Description of Illness Representation Occurred in Hypertension and Diabetes Patients in Makassar City

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220203.032How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Illness representation; hypertension; diabetes; diabetic; health psychology; clinical psychology; health

Abstract

Non-infectious diseases (i.e., stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, tumor, and cardiovascular disease) are Indonesia’s main causes of death. Diabetes and hypertension are diseases that could be treated quickly. However, many patients choose to delay the treatment, and some decide not to treat their diseases. One of the essential factors that persuade patients in the treatment or medication is the representation or understanding regarding their diseases reviewed from five dimensions: identity, causes, timeline, consequences, and controllability. This research aims to explain the illness representation on hypertension and diabetes patients in Makassar city with respondents as many as 145 patients (73 hypertension patients and 73 diabetes patients). The research data was collected through IPQ (Illness Perception Questionnaire) and open interview. This research showed that hypertension patients and diabetes patients dominantly remain on the category of quite capable of representing their diseases if reviewed from five dimensions illness representation. Patients often did not realize the early symptoms of the diseases, the causes of the diseases, the duration of their diseases, the consequences, and how to cope/overcome with the disease, thereby on several patients, they started the treatment when the condition was chronic. This is happening because diabetes and hypertension are silent killers, so patients need to have a good representation regarding their condition.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Annisa Yurna Megarezky
AU  - Grestin Sandy
AU  - Mayenrisari Arifin
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/11
TI  - The Description of Illness Representation Occurred in Hypertension and Diabetes Patients in Makassar City
BT  - Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychology, Health, and Social Science (ICPHS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 203
EP  - 216
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220203.032
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220203.032
ID  - Megarezky2022
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