Wejdan Shahin|Gerard Kennedy|Ieva Stupans
&lt;p&gt;The impact of personal and cultural beliefs on medication adherence of patients with chronic illnesses: a systematic review&lt;/p&gt;
RMIT University|RMIT University|RMIT University
patients adherence therapeutic regimes may influenced subjective beliefs chronic conditions one challenges health professionals enhancing adherence taking patients understanding account giving health advice andor providing medical treatmentthis review aimed evaluate consequent effects personal cultural beliefs medication adherence patients chronic conditions hypertension diabetes mellitus chronic obstructive pulmonary disease asthmaa systematic review methodology used pubmed cinahl embase psychinfo databases searched relevant articles main terms analyzed illness perceptions health beliefs cultural beliefs chronic conditions medication adherencefrom 2646 articles 127 retained assessment finally 25 met inclusion criteria crosssectional questionnaire survey research design conducted included articles n22 targeted hypertension diabetes mellitus number personal cultural based factors identified associated adherence medication regimes 40 articles n10 examined perception illness 20 n5 health literacy 16 n4 cultural beliefs 12 n3 selfefficacy 16 n4 spiritual religious beliefs well 20 n5 illness knowledge statistically significant associations medication adherence personal cultural factors found 80 n20 included studies however direction associations varied studies depending factor examinedthis review evaluated impact personal cultural factors medication adherence highlighted gaps literature regarding adherence research required fully identify associations religious beliefs control beliefs illness knowledge medication adherence