%0 Journal Article
%T Assessing Attitudes of Patients towards Chronic Disease Self-management in Singapore
%A Kwong Si Zheng
%A Kwan Yu Heng
%A Benjamin Seng
%A Helena Hor Mei Ling
%A Joanne Yeh Chang
%J Archives of Pharmacy Practice
%@ 2320-5210
%D 2011
%V 2
%N 1
%P 11-15
%X Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the attitudes of patients in Singapore suffering from chronic disorders towards their disease management. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire administered by 2nd year Pharmacy students. Patients with at least one of these cardiovascular risk conditions (hypertension, diabetes, and/or hypercholesterolemia) in the outpatient hospital pharmacy were interviewed. Data was analysed using non-parametric statistics (Chi-square and Spearman’s rho) to assess the association between demographic variables and patient selfmanagement habits. Results: A total of 211 surveys were collected. More than 50% of patients did not seek further knowledge of their medical condition (52.1%). Most of them could not remember names of the medications (55.5%). This was largely due to a combination of low English literacy (26%) and difficult medication names (25%). Only 18% of patients possessed competent self-management habits. An association was demonstrated between competent self-management habits and income (p
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