Self management behavior and related factors in patients with coronary heart disease:report of 209 patients / 第三军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the self management behaviors and analyze the related factors in patients with coronary heart disease(CHD) in order to provide the evidence for strategy making on health education and secondary prevention of CHD.Methods Totally 209 patients with verified CHD who were from 3 grade-A hospitals in Chongqing from October 2007 to January 2008 were investigated with Coronary Heart Disease Self Management Scale(including three sub-scales daily management,medical management and emotional management).Their general information and the disease related information were also collected.Results The score of self management in the cohort of patients was(52.69?18.47).The multi-variable stepwise regression showed there were statistically significant correlation between the daily life management and working status;between the medical management and education background,hypertension,classification of CHD and duration of CHD;between the emotional management and disease perception,economic status(P