[An explanatory model for health-promoting behaviors in patients living at home who have post stroke hemiplegia].
OBJECTIVE
A structural equation model was analyzed to explore the determinants of health-promoting behaviors in patients living at home in Korea who had post stroke hemiplegia.


METHODS
Demographic characteristics, activities of daily living, religiosity, family support, self-efficacy, acceptance of disability, perceived barriers to health-promoting activities, depression, and health-promoting behavioral data was collected from 239 patients using self-report questionnaires.


RESULTS
Variables that have a direct effect on health-promoting behaviors were self-efficacy and family support. Depression, acceptance of disability, perceived barriers, activities of daily living and religiosity also influenced health-promoting behaviors in an indirect way.


CONCLUSIONS
It is imperative to explore strategies for patients with post stroke hemiplegia to identify and maximize their resources, develop their self-efficacy, improve their emotional state, and enhance their physical activity and spiritual growth, which would maximize health-promoting behaviors.
Kim
Mi Hee
MH
Christian College of Nursing, 67, Yangrim-Dong, Nam-Gu, Gwangju, Korea. pamhee@hanmail.net
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D020377:Self Efficacy; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires