title: Effects of a South Korean Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program for Low-Income Elderly with Hypertension.
abstract: This study identified the effects of a community-based cardiovascular disease prevention program (CVD-PP) on health behavior and modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in low-income Korean elderly with hypertension. Eighty-eight individuals completed the 3-month self-efficacy-enhancing interventions in which the control group received standard care. In the intervention group, there were statistically significant improvements in self-efficacy (t = 2.519, p = 0.016) and health behavior (t = 3.453, p = 0.001), and significant differences in diastolic blood pressure (t = -2.518, p = 0.018) between the two groups. This CVD-PP administered by visiting nurses may be effective in improving self-efficacy and health behavior and in reducing modifiable cardiovascular risk factors.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Nursing , Hallym University , Chuncheon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Soon-Ok
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a Division of Nursing , Hallym University , Chuncheon , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Shin-Jeong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: b Department of Nursing , University of Ulsan , Ulsan , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011203:Poverty; D012307:Risk Factors; D020377:Self Efficacy