The relationship between perceived social support and self-care behaviors in patients with ischemic heart disease

Autor: Malihe Abbasi, Khadijeh Yazdi, Ali Kavosi, Hamid Reza Azimi, Zahra Mehrbakhsh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Archives of Health Sciences, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 68-73 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2383-2568
DOI: 10.4103/iahs.iahs_133_20
Popis: Aims: Investigators have identified sufficient self-care as an important factor in reducing health-care costs and improving health outcomes in cardiac patients. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between perceived social support (PSS) and self-care behaviors (SCBs) in patients with ischemic heart disease. Materials and Methods: The present work was a cross-sectional study. Patients with ischemic heart disease were selected using the convenience sampling method. Data gathering tools used in this study were questionnaires of Zimet multidimensional social support and Miller self-care. The data were analyzed in SPSS 18 software using Spearman's correlation and Mann–Whitney tests by significant coefficient
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