The effect of the roy adaptation model onpatients' behavior in hypertensive patients

In this randomized controlled pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental study, it was aimed to determine the effect of the education given according to Roy adaptation model on medical treatment and physiological, psychological and social adaptation to disease in hypertensive individuals. This research was carried out in Fırat University Hospital between January-June 2018. The population of the study consisted of 68 individuals with hypertension diagnosis. The sample consisted of 60 hypertensive individuals, 30 of whom were experimental and 30 were the control group. The data in the research; Patient Information Form, Medical Compliance Rate Scale and Psychosocial Compliance-Self-Report Scale were collected. The individuals in the experimental group were trained using the ''Hypertension Training Booklet'' prepared by the researcher in accordance with the Roy Adaptation Model. Data were analyzed with Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon test and Chi-square test. It was determined that the compliance of the patients in the experimental group to the medical treatment increased in the posttest measurements (p <0.05), but the changes in the compliance of the patients in the control group to the medical treatment did not change. There was a significant decrease in mean PAIS-SR and all PAIS-SR subcomponent scores of the post-test patients in the experimental group (p <0.05), but In the control group, there was no change in the mean scores of post-test total PAIS-SR and all PAIS-SR subcomponents. It was concluded that the training given according to Roy Adaptation Model increased the adaptation of hypertensive individuals to medical treatment and disease.