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Medication non-adherence is one of the most important factors associated with poor management of chronic diseases such as hypertension (De las Cuevas & Peñate, 2015). The prevalence of the lack of medication adherence is even greater in the vulnerable populations such as African Americans, Hispanics and native Americans (Jankowska-Polańska, Uchmanowicz, Dudek, & Mazur, 2016). Some other contributing factors that may contribute to the lack of compliance may be lack of resources to healthcare, socioeconomic resource, and lack of education regarding available resources (Jankowska-Polańska et al., 2016). To determine and capture some of these barriers, a medication adherence scale such as Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) with additional unvalidated questionnaires targeted on lack of resources would be utilized in the project to determine the relationship between medication adherence and hypertension in the adult African Americans.
The MMAS 8 scale for measuring medication nonadherence has been utilized in many studies to understand and gain prospective of some of the commonly associated behaviors regarding medication with chronic disease management (Jankowska-Polańska et al., 2016). It consists of 8 items, 7 of which allows individuals to answer yes or no questions and the last question consist of a 5-point likert-scale rating. The reliability of the MMAS-8 has been questioned by many other studies with similar goals and have been found to be reliable when use appropriately (De las Cuevas & Peñate, 2015).
De las Cuevas, C., & Peñate, W. (2015). ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Psychometric properties of the eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) in a psychiatric outpatient setting. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 15, 121–129. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.ijchp.2014.11.003
Jankowska-Polańska, B., Uchmanowicz, I., Dudek, K., & Mazur, G. (2016). Relationship between patients’ knowledge and medication adherence among patients with hypertension. Patient Preference & Adherence, 10, 2437–2447. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.2147/PPA.S117269
Respond to Paula, Week 3 DQ 1 DNP-830
Describe a survey, instrument, or tool that you plan to use in your project. Describe the tool in terms of name, number of items, how it is answered (Likert scale, yes/no, open answers, etc.), and the total score. Describe the level of measurement for this instrument. Support with references.
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