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Self-Care Performance of Middle-Aged Stroke Patients in Korea

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  • Dong Eun Jang
  • Juh Hyun Shin

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The incidence rate of middle-aged ischemic stroke patients has been increasing. Because of their high risk of recurrence, it is important for them to adhere to their self-care performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors of self-care performance among middle-aged ischemic stroke patients. A descriptive correlational and cross-sectional survey design was used. About 140 participants who had been diagnosed with ischemic stroke within a year and visited neurological outpatients were investigated. Participants answered self-report questionnaires, the Secondary Stroke Prevention Knowledge Scale, the Health-Related Hardiness Scale, and the Subjective Self-Care Performance Scale. Hardiness, secondary-stroke-prevention knowledge, age, and stroke-diagnosis duration had statistically significant influences on self-care performance; hardiness had the largest effect. This study highlighted hardiness as the major predictor of self-care performance. To improve middle-aged ischemic stroke patients’ self-care performance, nurses need an integrated approach that considers a patient’s age, diagnosis duration, secondary-stroke-prevention knowledge, and, especially, hardiness.

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  • Dong Eun Jang & Juh Hyun Shin, 2019. "Self-Care Performance of Middle-Aged Stroke Patients in Korea," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 28(3), pages 263-279, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:28:y:2019:i:3:p:263-279
    DOI: 10.1177/1054773817740670
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