The Role of Medication Beliefs on Medication Adherence in Middle Eastern Refugees and Migrants Diagnosed with Hypertension in Australia

References

• Kearney PM, Whelton M, Reynolds K, Muntner P, Whelton PK, He J. Global burden of hypertension: analysis of worldwide data. Lancet. 2005;365(9455):217–223.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Organization WH. Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases: Guidelines for Primary Health Care in Low Resource Settings. World Health Organization; 2012.
   Google Scholar
• AIHW. High blood pressure. Australian Institute for Health and Welfare. 2019. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/risk-factors/high-blood-pressure/contents/high-blood-pressure. Accessed May 23, 2020.
   Google Scholar
• Khatib R, Schwalm J-D, Yusuf S, et al. Patient and healthcare provider barriers to hypertension awareness, treatment and follow up: a systematic review and meta-analysis of qualitative and quantitative studies. PLoS One. 2014;9(1):e84238–e84238. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084238
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krousel-Wood M, Thomas S, Muntner P, Morisky D. Medication adherence: a key factor in achieving blood pressure control and good clinical outcomes in hypertensive patients. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2004;19(4):4. doi:10.1097/01.hco.0000126978.03828.9e
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carvalho AS, Santos P. Medication adherence in patients with arterial hypertension: the relationship with Healthcare Systems’ Organizational factors. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2019;13:1761–1774.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lemay J, Waheedi M, Al-Sharqawi S, Bayoud T. Medication adherence in chronic illness: do beliefs about medications play a role? Patient Prefer Adherence. 2018;Volume 12:1687–1698. doi:10.2147/PPA.S169236
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khayyat SM, Khayyat SMS, Hyat Alhazmi RS, Mohamed MMA, Abdul Hadi M. Predictors of medication adherence and blood pressure control among Saudi hypertensive patients attending primary care clinics: a Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS One. 2017;12(1):e0171255.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Boratas S, Kilic HF. Evaluation of medication adherence in hypertensive patients and influential factors. Pak J Med Sci. 2018;34(4):959–963.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Van Steenis M, Driesenaar J, Bensing J, et al. Relationship between medication beliefs, self-reported and refill adherence, and symptoms in patients with asthma using inhaled corticosteroids. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2014;8:83–91.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gatti ME, Jacobson KL, Gazmararian JA, Schmotzer B, Kripalani S. Relationships between beliefs about medications and adherence. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66(7):657–664.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Al-Ruthia Y, Hong S, Graff C, Kocak M, Solomon D, Nolly R. Examining the relationship between antihypertensive medication satisfaction and adherence in older patients. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2017;13(3):602–613. doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.06.013
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tibaldi G, Clatworthy J, Torchio E, Argentero P, Munizza C, Horne R. The utility of the necessity—concerns framework in explaining treatment non-adherence in four chronic illness groups in Italy. Chronic Illn. 2009;5(2):129–133. doi:10.1177/1742395309102888
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Phillips LA, Diefenbach MA, Kronish IM, Negron RM, Horowitz CR. The necessity-concerns framework: a multidimensional theory benefits from multidimensional analysis. Ann Behav Med. 2014;48(1):7–16. doi:10.1007/s12160-013-9579-2
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jimenez K, Vargas C, Garcia K, Guzman H, Angulo M, Billimek J. Evaluating the validity and reliability of the beliefs about medicines questionnaire in low-income, Spanish-speaking patients with diabetes in the United States. Diabetes Educ. 2017;43(1):114–124. doi:10.1177/0145721716675740
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Horne R, Chapman SCE, Parham R, Freemantle N, Forbes A, Cooper V. Understanding patients’ adherence-related beliefs about medicines prescribed for long-term conditions: a meta-analytic review of the necessity-concerns framework. PLoS One. 2013;8(12):e80633.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pesantes MA, Lazo-Porras M, Abu Dabrh AM, et al. Resilience in vulnerable populations with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Can J Cardiol. 2015;31(9):1180–1188. doi:10.1016/j.cjca.2015.06.003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fábos A. Refugees in the Arab Middle East: academic and policy perspectives. Domes. 2015;24(1):96–110. doi:10.1111/dome.12056
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shelton T. Refugee week: the number of globally displaced people reaches record high of 70.8 million. 2019. Available from: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-22/world-refugee-week-who-is-coming-to-australia-and-why/11223982. Accessed October 12, 2020.
   Google Scholar
• Parliament of Australia. Refugee resettlement to Australia: what are the facts? Parliament of Australia. 2016. Available from: https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1617/RefugeeResettlement#_Toc461022121. Accessed July 8, 2019.
   Google Scholar
• Shahin W, Stupans I, Kennedy G. Health beliefs and chronic illnesses of refugees: a systematic review. Ethn Health. 2018;1–13.
   Google Scholar
• Mumford W. What is the difference between asylum seekers, refugees and economic migrants? 2016. Available from: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/explainer/what-difference-between-asylum-seekers-refugees-and-economic-migrants. Accessed June 15, 2018.
   Google Scholar
• Edwards A. UNHCR viewpoint: ‘Refugee’ or ‘migrant’ – which is right? 2016. Available from: UNHCR. http://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2016/7/55df0e556/unhcr-viewpoint-refugee-migrant-right.html. Accessed June 10, 2018.
   Google Scholar
• Shahin W, Kennedy GA, Cockshaw W, Stupans I, Cabieses B. The role of refugee and migrant migration status on medication adherence: mediation through illness perceptions. PLoS One. 2020;15(1):e0227326. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227326
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Al Qasem A, Smith F, Cliffor S. Review: adherence to medication among chronic patients in Middle Eastern Countries: review of studies. East Mediterr Health J. 2011;17(04):357–358. doi:10.26719/2011.17.4.356
   Google Scholar
• Al-Noumani H, Wu JR, Barksdale D, Sherwood G, AlKhasawneh E, Knafl G. Health beliefs and medication adherence in patients with hypertension: a systematic review of quantitative studies. Patient Educ Couns. 2019;102(6):1045–1056.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Al-Noumani H, Wu J-R, Barksdale D, Alkhasawneh E, Knafl G, Sherwood G. Relationship between medication adherence and health beliefs among patients with hypertension in Oman: Pilot study. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2017;17(3):e329. doi:10.18295/squmj.2017.17.03.012
   Google Scholar
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s Health 2016. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; 2016. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/666de2ad-1c92-4db3-9c01-1368ba3c8c98/ah16-3-3-chronic-disease-comorbidities.pdf.aspx. Accessed October 3, 2019.
   Google Scholar
• Morisky DE, Green LW, Levine DM. Concurrent and predictive validity of a self-reported measure of medication adherence. Med Care. 1986;24(1):67–74. doi:10.1097/00005650-198601000-00007
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Khan MU, Shah S, Hameed T. Barriers to and determinants of medication adherence among hypertensive patients attended National Health Service Hospital, Sunderland. J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2014;6(2):104–108. doi:10.4103/0975-7406.129175
   Google Scholar
• Mann M, Ponieman D, Leventhal H, Halm A. Predictors of adherence to diabetes medications: the role of disease and medication beliefs. J Behav Med. 2009;32(3):278–284. doi:10.1007/s10865-009-9202-y
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brooks CM, Richards JM, Kohler CL, et al. Assessing adherence to asthma medication and inhaler regimens: a psychometric analysis of adult self-report scales. Med Care. 1994;32(3):298–307. doi:10.1097/00005650-199403000-00008
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Erickson SR, Coombs JH, Kirking DM, Azimi AR. Compliance from self-reported versus pharmacy claims data with metered-dose inhalers. Ann Pharmacother. 2001;35(9):997–1003. doi:10.1345/aph.10379
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Horne R, Weinman J, Hankins M. The beliefs about medicines questionnaire: the development and evaluation of a new method for assessing the cognitive representation of medication. Psychol Health. 1999;14(1):1–24.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• The SAGE encyclopedia of communication research methods. 2017.
   Google Scholar
• Hayes AF PROCESS: a versatile computational tool for observed variable mediation, moderation, and conditional process modeling [White paper]. 2012.
   Google Scholar
• Sobel ME. Some new results on indirect effects and their standard errors in covariance structure models. Sociol Methodol. 1986;16:159–186. doi:10.2307/270922
   Google Scholar
• Preacher KJ, Hayes AF. Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behav Res Methods. 2008;40(3):879–891. doi:10.3758/BRM.40.3.879
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Aikens JE, Nease DE Jr, Nau DP, Klinkman MS, Schwenk TL. Adherence to maintenance-phase antidepressant medication as a function of patient beliefs about medication. Ann Fam Med. 2005;3(1):23–30. doi:10.1370/afm.238
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Horne R, Parham R, Driscoll R, Robinson A. Patients’ attitudes to medicines and adherence to maintenance treatment in inflammatory bowel disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2009;15(6):837–844. doi:10.1002/ibd.20846
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Unni E, Shiyanbola OO. Clustering medication adherence behavior based on beliefs in medicines and illness perceptions in patients taking asthma maintenance medications. Curr Med Res Opin. 2016;32(1):113–121.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bussell JK, Cha E, Grant YE, Schwartz DD, Young LA. Ways health care providers can promote better medication adherence. Clin Diabetes. 2017;35(3):171–177. doi:10.2337/cd016-0029
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Shahin W, Kennedy GA, Stupans I. The impact of personal and cultural beliefs on medication adherence of patients with chronic illnesses: a systematic review. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2019;13:1019–1035. doi:10.2147/PPA.S212046
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Amara AH, Aljunid SM. Noncommunicable diseases among urban refugees and asylum-seekers in developing countries: a neglected health care need. Global Health. 2014;10(1):24. doi:10.1186/1744-8603-10-24
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hjelm K, Nyberg P, Isacsson A, Apelqvist J. Beliefs about health and illness essential for self-care practice: a comparison of migrant Yugoslavian and Swedish diabetic females. J Adv Nurs. 1999;30(5):1147–1159.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Njeru J, Formea C, Osman A, et al. Diabetes knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among Somali and Latino Immigrants. J Immigr Minor Health. 2016;18(6):1432–1440. doi:10.1007/s10903-015-0335-5
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hjelm K, Bard K, Nyberg P, Apelqvist J. Religious and cultural distance in beliefs about health and illness in women with diabetes mellitus of different origin living in Sweden. Int J Nurs Stud. 2003;40(6):627–643.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gil-González D, Carrasco-Portiño M, Vives-Cases C, Agudelo-Suárez AA, Castejón Bolea R, Ronda-Pérez E. Is health a right for all? An umbrella review of the barriers to health care access faced by migrants. Ethn Health. 2015;20(5):1–19.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Roldan PC, Ho GY, Ho PM. Updates to adherence to hypertension medications. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2018;20(4):34.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• MacFarlane A, Glynn LG, Mosinkie PI, Murphy AW. Responses to language barriers in consultations with refugees and asylum seekers: a telephone survey of Irish general practitioners. BMC Fam Pract. 2008;9(1):68. doi:10.1186/1471-2296-9-68
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li -W-W, Stewart AL, Stotts N, Froelicher ES. Cultural Factors Associated with antihypertensive medication adherence in Chinese immigrants. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2006;21(5):354–362. doi:10.1097/00005082-200609000-00005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar