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Yoo, Lee, Chu, and Choi: Factors Influencing Health Promoting Behavior among Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients

Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to examine illness perception, knowledge about the disease and health promoting behaviors, and to identify factors influencing health promoting behaviors among Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) patients.

Methods

The participants were 128 PAD patients who had been treated as an outpatient or an inpatient at the department of cardiology in a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea. Data were collected from October to December 2014, regarding general characteristics, disease related characteristics, illness perception and knowledge on PAD, health promoting behaviors by using a structured questionnaire.

Results

The number of subjects who had an awareness of PAD diagnosis was 70 (54.7%) among 128. In this study, knowledge on PAD was significantly correlated with health promoting behaviors (r=0.205, P=0.020). Especially, knowledge on PAD had a significant correlation with health responsibility (r=0.353, P<0.001) and exercise (r=0.230, P=0.009). In the regression analysis, knowledge on PAD was a factor that influences the health promoting behavior in this study subjects (R2=0.212, P=0.032).

Conclusions

We could determine the degree of perception, knowledge, and health promoting behaviors among participants and the influence of PAD-related knowledge on health promoting behaviors. Conclusively, the results of this study support the development of education intervention to ameliorate disease perception and PAD related knowledge in order to improve health promoting behaviors among PAD patients.

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Table 1.
General and disease related characteristics of study participants (N=128)
Characteristics Categories N (%) Mean (±SD) Range
Gender Male 104 (81.3)    
  Female 24 (18.8)    
Age, y     68.52 (±12.87) 20–89
  <60 23 (18.0)    
  60–69 33 (25.8)    
  70–79 47 (36.7)    
  ≥80 25 (19.5)    
Living with spouse Yes 109 (85.2)    
  No 19 (14.8)    
Education level < Elementary 22 (17.2)    
  Middle, High 56 (43.8)    
  ≥ College 49 (38.3)    
  No response 1 (0.8)    
Employment status Employed 47 (36.7)    
  Non-employed 81 (63.3)    
Monthly income, won <1 million 59 (46.1)    
  1–4 million 44 (34.4)    
  ≥ 4 million 22 (17.2)    
  No response 3 (2.3)    
Smoking Yes 39 (30.5)    
  No 89 (69.5)    
Alcohol use Yes 46 (35.9)    
  No 81 (63.3)    
  No response 1 (0.8)    
Comorbidity     4.08 (±1.33) 0–7
  Dyslipidemia 113 (88.3)    
  HTN 106 (82.8)    
  CHD 102 (79.7)    
  DM 70 (54.7)    
  Kidney disease 34 (26.6)    
  CVD 33 (25.8)    
  Cancer 12 (9.4)    
  Etc. 52 (40.6)    
PTA Yes 94 (73.4)    
  No 34 (26.6)    
Surgery No 115 (89.8)    
  Yes 13 (10.2)    
Rutherford's Classification 0 51 (39.8)    
  1–3 42 (32.8)    
  4–6 35 (27.4)    
ABI (n=117) Right   0.91 (±0.24) 0.30–1.38
  Left   0.88 (±0.24) 0.30–1.54
Resting pain (n=85)     1.75 (±2.85) 0–10
Walking pain (n=85)     4.34 (±3.46) 0–10

Abbreviations: HTN, hypertension; CHD, coronary heart disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; CVD, cerebral vascular disease; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; ABI, ankle brachial index.

Table 2.
PAD related illness perception, knowledge and health behavior of study participants (N=128)
Characteristics N (%) Mean (±SD) Range Possible range
PAD related Illness perception (n=70)   46.13 (±16.29) 9–76 0–100
Consequences   6.14 (±3.35) 0–10 0–10
Timeline   6.51 (±3.73) 0–10 0–10
Personal control   5.46 (±3.37) 0–10 0–10
Treatment control   2.81 (±3.10) 0–10 0–10
Identity   5.57 (±3.57) 0–10 0–10
Concern   5.67 (±3.57) 0–10 0–10
Coherence   5.19 (±3.33) 0–10 0–10
Emotional representation   5.22 (±3.81) 0–10 0–10
PAD related knowledge   11.63 (±3.41) 0–15 0–15
Definition 93 (72.7)      
Cause 69 (53.9)      
High risk of stroke 92 (71.9)      
Symptom 82 (64.1)      
Treatment: PTA/Surgery 100 (78.1)      
Treatment: amputation 77 (60.2)      
Treatment goal 92 (71.9)      
Care: medication 113 (88.3)      
Care: walking exercise 105 (82.0)      
Care: exercise 104 (81.3)      
Care: rest 105 (82.0)      
Care: low cholesterol diet 116 (90.6)      
Care: high fiber diet 117 (91.4)      
Care: smoking 96 (75.0)      
Risk factors 105 (82.0)      
Health behavior   70.61 (±11.19) 40–95 25–100
Health responsibility   2.95 (±0.64) 1.50–4.00 1.00–4.00
Healthy diet   2.66 (±0.61) 1.20–4.00 1.00–4.00
Exercise   2.28 (±0.85) 1.00–4.00 1.00–4.00
Stress management   2.66 (±0.61) 1.20–4.00 1.00–4.00
Smoking cessation   2.72 (±1.06) 1.00–4.00 1.00–4.00

Abbreviations: PAD, peripheral arterial disease; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.

Table 3.
Difference of variables according to general characteristics of study participants
Categories Illness perception (n=70) Disease knowledge (n=128) Health promoting behavior (n=128)
Mean (±SD) t/F P Mean (±SD) t/F P Mean (±SD) t/F P
Gendera   –1.375 0.174   1.706 0.099   1.005 0.317
Male 41.34 (±13.41)     11.78 (±3.34)     71.09 (±10.83)    
Female 46.69 (±14.50)     10.04 (±1.72)     68.54 (±12.67)    
Age, yb   3.331 0.025   4.518 0.005   2.359 0.075
<60 49.47 (±7.90)     13.26 (±1.98)     65.09 (±10.82)    
60–69 45.17 (±11.25)     12.30 (±2.85)     71.76 (±11.33)    
70–79 38.30 (±14.88)     10.61 (±4.11)     72.00 (±11.39)    
≥ 80 37.15 (±17.15)     10.20 (±4.22)     71.60 (±9.97)    
Living with spousea   1.700 0.094   1.191 0.236   1.669 0.098
Yes 43.74 (±13.04)     11.61 (±3.55)     71.29 (±11.30)    
No 36.18 (±16.29)     10.53 (±4.34)     66.68 (±9.89)    
Education levelb   0.039 0.962   2.196 0.116   1.781 0.173
<Elementary 41.11 (±18.29)     10.09 (±4.94)     72.32 (±10.94)    
Middle, High 42.54 (±12.92)     11.55 (±3.47)     68.52 (±11.38)    
≥ College 42.23 (±13.29)     12.04 (±3.12)     72.27 (±11.01)    
Employment statusa   –0.643 0.522   –3.109 0.002   1.678 0.096
Employed 43.83 (±12.27)     12.62 (±2.66)     68.45 (±10.57)    
Non-employed 41.67 (±14.79)     10.78 (±4.02)     71.86 (±11.41)    
Monthly income, wonb   0.094 0.910   5.096 0.007   0.313 0.732
<1 million 42.86 (±14.77)     10.54 (±3.91)     71.58 (±11.28)    
1–4 million 44.13 (±12.92)     11.73 (±3.87)     69.95 (±10.30)    
≥ 4 million 42.14 (±11.71)     13.36 (±1.59)     71.64 (±11.93)    
Smokinga   –0.302 0.763   –2.311 0.023   1.797 0.075
Yes 43.21 (±10.26)     12.41 (±2.61)     67.95 (±12.41)    
No 42.27 (±15.17)     11.03 (±4.00)     71.78 (±10.47)    
Alcohol usea   0.646 0.521   –2.210 0.029   –0.760 0.449
Yes 41.04 (±13.70)     12.43 (±3.21)     71.72 (±11.30)    
No 43.31 (±13.86)     10.96 (±3.81)     70.15 (±11.11)    

a Calculated by independent t-test.

b Calculated by one-way analysis of variance.

Table 4.
PAD related Illness perception, knowledge and health promoting behavior by disease related characteristics (N=128)
Characteristics Illness perception Disease knowledge Health promoting behavior
(n= 70) (n==128) (n==128)
Mean (±SD) t/F P Mean (±SD) t/F P Mean (±SD) t/F P
Awareness of PAD diagnosisa         –3.168 0.002   2.031 0.044
Yes       12.42 (±2.87)     68.72 (±10.94)    
No       10.39 (±4.17)     72.69 (±11.17)    
Comorbidity, eaa   –2.34 0.022   0.789 0.713   –0.369 0.713
0–4 40.04 (±14.33)     11.66 (±3.61)     70.31 (±11.37)    
5–7 48.07 (±10.73)     11.14 (±3.78)     71.06 (±11.00)    
PTAa   –0.298 0.767   9.702 0.002   2.703 0.103
Yes 42.80 (±13.67)     12.04 (±2.98)     69.64 (±11.23)    
No 41.53 (±14.59)     9.82 (±4.84)     73.29 (±10.79)    
Surgerya         0.498 0.482   2.402 0.124
Yes 45.50 (±5.68)     10.77 (±4.53)     66.08 (±13.35)    
No 42.19 (±14.45)     11.53 (±3.59)     71.12 (±10.86)    
Rutherford'sb   8.116 0.001   0.257 0.774   0.432 0.650
0 31.77 (±12.42)     11.18 (±3.84)     71.55 (±11.63)    
1–3 40.75 (±13.05)     11.71 (±3.49)     70.60 (±10.09)    
4–6 49.11 (±11.89)     11.54 (±3.74)     69.26 (±11.94)    
ABI (right)b   0.788 0.505   0.034 0.991   0.998 0.397
≥ 0.97 39.43 (±16.36)     11.75 (±3.57)     72.19 (±10.34)    
0.75–0.96 41.87 (±12.24)     11.52 (±3.93)     71.66 (±11.68)    
0.50–0.74 44.41 (±9.21)     11.78 (±3.32)     67.70 (±10.81)    
<0.50 47.60 (±11.67)     11.71 (±1.70)     69.57 (±13.25)    
ABI (left)b   0.062 0.980   0.533 0.661   0.389 0.761
≥ 0.97 40.91 (±16.54)     11.51 (±3.86)     70.36 (±11.99)    
0.75–0.96 42.56 (±13.95)     12.19 (±3.08)     72.03 (±9.22)    
0.50–0.74 41.66 (±10.74)     11.67 (±3.37)     71.71 (±11.86)    
<0.50 42.80 (±9.09)     10.63 (±3.78)     68.00 (±10.30)    

Abbreviations: PAD, peripheral arterial disease; PTA, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; ABI, ankle brachial index.

a Calculated by independent t-test.

b Calculated by one-way analysis of variance.

Table 5.
Correlation between PAD related illness perception, knowledge and health promoting behavior (N=128)a,b
  PAD related PAD related Health promoting behavior
  illness perception knowledge Health responsibility Exercise Healthy diet
PAD related knowledge 0.006        
Health promoting behavior          
Total score –0.032 0.205c      
Health responsibility 0.087 0.353d      
Exercise –0.171 0.230d 0.248d    
Healthy diet 0.071 0.008 0.257d 0.142d  
Smoking cessation –0.050 –0.171 0.009 0.244d 0.142

Abbreviations: PAD, peripheral arterial disease.

a Data are presented as correlation coefficient r.

b Calculated by Pearsons's correlation analysis.

c P<0.050.

d P<0.010.

Table 6.
Factors influencing health promoting behaviors (N=128)
Health promoting behavior
Characteristics B S.E β t Pa
  37.343 12.826   2.911 0.005
PAD related knowledge 1.101 0.479 0.287 2.300 0.025
PAD related illness perception 0.048 0.116 0.060 0.414 0.680
Age –3.989 3.213 –0.152 –1.242 0.219
Current smoking 0.826 0.981 0.106 0.842 0.403
R2=0.212, F=2.385, P=0.032

a Assessed with multiple stepwise linear regression analysis.

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