title: The role of body image in patient compliance and education.
abstract: This study investigated the relation between one aspect of body image (body cathexis) and the achievement of knowledge about life after a heart attack, as well as subsequent compliance with posthospitalization prescriptions. There was no significant correlation between body cathexis and achieved knowledge. The hypothesis which proposed that a relationship exists between body cathexis and compliance with posthospitalization prescriptions was statistically significant, body-cathexis effects are inferred to be present in compliance behaviors, and the hypothesis was supported. A statistically significant correlation was not found to exist between achieved knowledge and subsequent compliance behavior.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic