Ineffective health control: concept analysis

• Main Authors: Wenysson Noleto dos Santos (Author), Rudval Souza da Silva (Author), Francisca Marta de Lima Costa Souza (Author), Rebecca Stefany da Costa Santos (Author), Izaque Cavalcanti de Oliveira (Author), Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify and synthesize the concept of Ineffective Health Control. Methods: Concept Analysis from the perspective of Walker and Avant, operationalized by an integrative review in the databases Scopus, LILACS, PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, Science Direct e Cochrane, using the descriptors: Adhesion to Medication; Cooperation and Adherence to Treatment and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Results: five critical attributes were identified for the concept, namely: patient's refusal to follow the therapeutic plan; abandoning treatment and worsening signs and symptoms; difficulty in reaching agreed goals; difficulty following health professionals' guidelines; multifactorial and dynamic process. Conclusions: the concept of Ineffective Health Control is characterized by a multifactorial and dynamic process evidenced by the patient's refusal to follow a therapeutic plan, favouring the abandonment of treatment and resulting in the worsening of signs and symptoms and failure to reach goals.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0158