The Patients' Disease Management and Self-management Levels

The purpose of this research; The aim of this study is to examine the effects of self-management support given for hypertension patients on patients' adherence to treatment and disease, self-efficacy level, self-care management. This research is a randomized controlled and pretest-posttest applied design. The research will be carried out in Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Research Hospital with patients previously diagnosed with hypertension. The population of the research will consist of patients who have previously applied to the hospital where the research will be conducted and who have been diagnosed with hypertension who meet the research criteria. After the power analysis, it is planned to include 150 hypertension patients in the sample of the study. All patients in the intervention and control groups who meet the inclusion criteria will be verbally informed about the purpose of the study and the method of application, and their consent will be obtained. The pretest forms required for the research will be filled in by face-to-face interview method for all patients. In the study, the number of individuals in the randomization group will be determined by using the computer program, provided that they are equal in number. All materials prepared for self-management support will be delivered to the patients in the intervention group and they will be taught how to use them by the demonstration method. Patients will be asked to do the same procedure and the process will continue until they ensure correct use. Participants will be informed that there is a phone number that they can call whenever they want, when there are subjects that are not understood or that need to be repeated. Patients will be called three times a week and necessary checks will be made on blood pressure monitoring, nutrition, weight control, etc. In this way, patients in the intervention group will be followed remotely by tele-nursing for 3 months, their questions will be answered when they encounter