CHRONIC DISEASES AND MEDICATIONADHERENCE BEHAVIORS:PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH INIBERO-AMERICAN COUNTRIES -- HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH FOCUS -- CHRONIC DISEASES AND MEDICATIONADHERENCE BEHAVIORS:PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH INIBERO-AMERICAN COUNTRIES -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. TREATMENT ADHERENCE:ATHEORETICAL ANALYSIS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LIFESTYLES AND HEALTH -- ADHERENCE WITH THERAPEUTIC RECOMMENDATIONS -- PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE ADHERENCETO THE THERAPEUTIC RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1. Socioeconomic-Related Factors -- 2. Disease-Related Factors -- 3. Treatment-Related Factors -- 4. Health System-Related Factors -- 5. Patient-Related Factors -- INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE TREATMENTADHERENCE IN CHRONICALLY ILL PATIENTS -- Essential Considerations in Adherence Process -- Classification of Interventions to Promote Treatment Adherence -- Examples of Intervention in the Field of Treatment Adherence inChronically Ill Patients -- Strength or Empowerment Approach -- Relaxing and Managing Stress -- Brief Psychotherapeutic Interventions -- Education for the Patient's Health -- Collective Action or Community Development Approach -- Strategies Focused on Social Support as a Modulator -- Support Groups to Promote Treatment Adherence -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2. TREATMENT ADHERENCE IN CHRONIC KIDNEYDISEASE:AREVIEW OF THE LITERATURE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CONDITION'S DESCRIPTION -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- HISTORY OF RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT) -- TREATMENT METHODS FOR CKD -- Renal Recommendation and Medication -- Peritoneal Dialysis -- Hemodialysis -- Renal Transplantation -- TREATMENT COSTS OF RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT) -- ADHERENCE WITH PATIENTS WITH CKD -- Dialysis -- Hemodialysis -- Renal Transplant -- MEASURES OR INDICATORS OF ADHERENCE INPATIENTS WITH CKD.

Self-Reported Adherence Assessment -- VARIABLES ASSOCIATED WITH ADHERENCE IN GENERALAND PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO EKC -- STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN EFFICACY IN WORKINGWITH ADHERENCE IN EKC POPULATION -- STUDIES FOCUSED ON EDUCATION ABOUT THE DISEASE -- Hemodialysis -- RECOMMENDATIONS TO DECREASE NON-ADHERENCEPERITONEAL DIALYSIS -- CKD AND ADHERENCE IN MEXICO: REALITIESAND CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3. CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE:GRAFT NEPHROPATHY MULTIFACTORS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND AND RELATED RESEARCH -- Medical Aspects of Chronic Kidney Disease -- Psychosocial Factors Associated with CGN -- TREATMENT ADHERENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFEIN CHRONIC DISEASES -- Adherence to Medical Treatment -- Quality of Life -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4. PARADOXES IN HEALTH SERVICES:ARTERIALREACTIVITY TO MEDICAL CONSULTATIONIN NORMOTENSIVE PERSONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- The Arterial Reactivity Phenomenon -- The Challenges in Studying Reactivity -- Reactivity in the Doctor's Office -- Interventions -- The Problem -- METHOD -- Participants -- Design -- Measurement and Instruments -- Validation of Observations -- Procedure -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- For Health Care Institutions -- For Behavioral Professionals and Scientists -- For Users of Healthcare Services -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE STUDYOF TREATMENT ADHERENCE:RESULTS OF RESEARCH IN CUBANHYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Research Justification -- Delimitation of the Influencing Factors on the Treatment AdherenceUsed in this Research -- Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors -- Health System Factors and the Sanitary Assistance Team -- Factors Related to the Disease and the Treatment -- Factors Related to the Family and Social Network.

Factors Related to the Patient -- Conceptual Delimitation of the Therapeutic Adherence for the Investigation -- Particularities of the Therapeutic Adherence in Hypertensive Patients -- Questions -- Objectives -- METHOD -- General Context of the Research and Sample -- Stages of the Research -- Variables Used in the Qualitative Searching -- Procedure for the Participant's Selection -- Techniques and Procedures to Gather Information -- Objective 1 -- Objective 2 -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Description of the Results according to the Levels of Adherencein the Health Areas Studied -- Results Obtained about the Influencing Factors on the TherapeuticAdherence of Hypertensive Patients -- Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors -- Factors of the Organization of the Service and the Sanitary Assistance Team -- Factors of the Family and Social Network -- Factors of the Disease and the Treatment -- Factors of the Patient -- Triangulation of the Results -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- ANNEX 1 -- Questionnaire for the Assessment of Therapeutic Adherence in ArterialHypertension -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6. PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS,ADHERENCETREATMENT, AND METABOLIC CONTROLIN TYPE 2 DIABETIC CHILEAN PATIENTS1 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Objectives -- General Aim -- Specific Aims: -- METHOD -- Participants -- Variables and Measures -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Adherence Behaviour During the Last Seven Days -- Psychosocial Factors and Metabolic Control -- Metabolic Control Prediction and Odds Ratios Estimation -- Association between Distress Subscales and Metabolic Control -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7. SOCIOECONOMIC TRAJECTORIES ACROSSTHE LIFE COURSE AND HIV/AIDSADHERENCEBEHAVIORS AMONG AFFECTED WOMEN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measures and Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS.

Characteristics of the Participants -- Adherence Behaviors Related to Trajectories among Women in Mediumand High Socioeconomic Position -- Adherence Behaviors Related to Trajectories among Women in LowSocioeconomic Positions -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8. CHALLENGES TO ANTIRETROVIRAL ADHERENCE:HEALTH BELIEFS, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND GENDERROLES IN NON-ADHERENT MENLIVING WITH HIV IN PUERTO RICO -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVES -- METHOD -- Participants -- Variables and Measures -- Procedure -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Use of Medication -- Heath Beliefs -- Social Support -- Gender Roles -- DISCUSSION -- Limitations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9. ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT IN SPANISH HIVPATIENTS: PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE ASSOCIATEDWITH ADHERENCE BEHAVIOR -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPORTANCE OF ADHERENCETO ANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENTS -- Factors Associated with Low Adherence to Treatment -- OBJECTIVES -- METHOD -- Participants -- Variables and Measures -- Procedure -- Data Analyses -- RESULTS -- Treatment Adherence in Total Sample -- Differential Profile of Adherent and Non-Adherent Patients -- Information about the Disease and Treatment -- Perceived Social Support -- Psychological Clinical Variables -- Illness Behavior -- Personality Dimensions -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10. PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL VARIABLESAMONG HIV 100%ADHERENT PATIENTS:APATH ANALYSIS1 -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE -- METHOD -- Participants -- Instruments and Measurements -- Procedure -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.