1. Effects of a South Korean Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program for Low-Income Elderly with Hypertension.
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Yang, Soon-Ok, Kim, Shin-Jeong, and Lee, Seung-Hee
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CARDIOVASCULAR disease prevention , *BLOOD pressure measurement , *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors , *COMMUNITY health nursing , *CONCEPTUAL structures , *HEALTH behavior , *HEALTH education , *HOME care services , *HYPERTENSION in old age , *RESEARCH methodology , *PATIENT compliance , *POVERTY , *RESEARCH funding , *SELF-efficacy , *T-test (Statistics) , *JUDGMENT sampling , *COMMUNITY-based social services , *EFFECT sizes (Statistics) , *BODY mass index , *PRE-tests & post-tests , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *OLD age - Abstract
This study identified the effects of a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention program (CVD-PP) on health behavior and modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in low-income Korean elderly with hypertension. Eighty-eight individuals completed the 3-month self-efficacy-enhancing interventions in which the control group received standard care. In the intervention group, there were statistically significant improvements in self-efficacy (t = 2.519,p = 0.016) and health behavior (t = 3.453,p = 0.001), and significant differences in diastolic blood pressure (t = –2.518,p = 0.018) between the two groups. This CVD-PP administered by visiting nurses may be effective in improving self-efficacy and health behavior and in reducing modifiable cardiovascular risk factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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