title: Relationships among health beliefs, self-efficacy, and exercise adherence in patients with coronary artery disease.
abstract: Management of the pathologic progression of coronary artery disease requires life-style changes in patients, but the level of compliance with medical recommendations is low. Critical care nurses have a unique opportunity to encourage patients to assume responsibility for their health care and life-style behavior. In this study we developed a model to identify the relationships among variables that explained adherence to a recommended exercise regimen. The variables studied included self-efficacy, perceived severity, barriers, benefits, and cues to action.
authors.affiliation: St Luke's Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012649:Self Concept