Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychology, Health, and Social Science (ICPHS 2021)

The Description of Illness Representation Occurred in Hypertension and Diabetes Patients in Makassar City

Authors
Annisa Yurna Megarezky1, *, Grestin Sandy2, Mayenrisari Arifin3
1Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia
2Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia
3Hasanuddin University Makassar, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: annisa.yurna@yahoo.com / phone: (+62)821 1441 2369
Corresponding Author
Annisa Yurna Megarezky
Available Online 11 February 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220203.032How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Illness representation; hypertension; diabetes; diabetic; health psychology; clinical psychology; health
Abstract

Non-infectious diseases (i.e., stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, tumor, and cardiovascular disease) are Indonesia’s main causes of death. Diabetes and hypertension are diseases that could be treated quickly. However, many patients choose to delay the treatment, and some decide not to treat their diseases. One of the essential factors that persuade patients in the treatment or medication is the representation or understanding regarding their diseases reviewed from five dimensions: identity, causes, timeline, consequences, and controllability. This research aims to explain the illness representation on hypertension and diabetes patients in Makassar city with respondents as many as 145 patients (73 hypertension patients and 73 diabetes patients). The research data was collected through IPQ (Illness Perception Questionnaire) and open interview. This research showed that hypertension patients and diabetes patients dominantly remain on the category of quite capable of representing their diseases if reviewed from five dimensions illness representation. Patients often did not realize the early symptoms of the diseases, the causes of the diseases, the duration of their diseases, the consequences, and how to cope/overcome with the disease, thereby on several patients, they started the treatment when the condition was chronic. This is happening because diabetes and hypertension are silent killers, so patients need to have a good representation regarding their condition.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference of Psychology, Health, and Social Science (ICPHS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
11 February 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-534-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220203.032How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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