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Health Empowerment of Older Adults with High-risk of Cardio-cerebrovascular Diseases
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Hyo Jin Son, Gwang Suk Kim
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J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2017;28(4):410-420. Published online December 31, 2017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2017.28.4.410
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- PURPOSE
This study was to identify factors explaining health empowerment of older adults with high-risk of cardio-cerebrovascular diseases.
METHODS
Using a structured questionnaire, data were collected from 148 older adults residing in two areas who have one or more of the following diseases; hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression.
RESULTS
Health empowerment had a positive correlation with health literacy and social support. Perceived health status and social activity participation showed significant contribution in explaining health empowerment.
CONCLUSION
This study showed that enhancing perceived health status and social activity participation are vital in an effort to improve health empowerment of the population. Main findings of this study can contribute to developing health empowerment interventions to improve health behavior practices of the older adults.
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Citations to this article as recorded by  - The effects of health empowerment and social support on health promotion behavior in older adults: A cross-sectional study
Kyungmi Lee, Semi Lim
Journal of Korean Gerontological Nursing.2022; 24(4): 433. CrossRef
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