Journal of Nursing & Care

Hyun-E Yeom

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• Research Article
  Influence of Illness Representations on Self-Management Behaviors in Korean Hypertensive Patients
  Author(s): Hyun-E YeomHyun-E Yeom
  
  Purpose: The purposes of this study were to investigate the factors related to illness representations and their influence on self-management behaviors in hypertensive patients, based on Leventhal’s common-sense model. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a convenience sample of 149 patients with hypertension. Illness representations were assessed with the Illness Perception Questionnaire-Revised (IPQ-R) and data were analyzed using t-test, ANOVA, Pearson’s correlations, and hierarchical regression analysis. Results: There were differences in patients’ illness representations depending on their demographic and healthrelated characteristics including medication adherence and the amount of time since hypertension diagnosis. Two dimensions of illness representations, in terms of predict.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000326

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