title: Predictors of health-promoting behaviors in Taiwanese patients with coronary artery disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to describe health-promoting behaviors and their predictors in patients with coronary artery disease.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Health-promoting behaviors may improve quality of life and reduce cardiac mortality yet more than 80% of heart patients fail to maintain their health-promoting behaviors.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study recruited 200 patients with coronary artery disease from a medical center in Taiwan. Instruments were used to measure health-promoting behaviors, cognitions and affect, social support, and quality of life. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed to examine the predictive variables on health-promoting behaviors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants demonstrated a moderate level of health-promoting behaviors with a lowest mean score on the physical activity subscale; 40.6% of variance of health-promoting behaviors was predicted by no smoking, no obesity, perceived risk factors, self-efficacy, perceived control of health, and family support.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health-promoting behaviors were affected by multidimensional factors including cognitions and affect variables and social support.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: afchiou@ym.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Ai-Fu
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.affiliation: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: R002889@ms.skh.org.tw.
authors.forename: Shu-Pen
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaosiung City 82245, Taiwan. Electronic address: Hueifong@hungs.org.
authors.forename: Huei-Fong
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: Coronary artery disease; Health-promoting behavior; Quality of life; Self-efficacy; Social support