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Published on: July 14, 2023
The relationship between physical function, knowledge of disease, social support and self-care behavior in patients
1Department of Communication and Graduate Institute of Telecommunications, National Chung Cheng University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Abstract:
The purposes of this study were to explore the relationships between physical function, knowledge of disease, social support, and self-care behavior in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and to examine the predictive variables of self-care behavior. A cross-sectional design was developed and implemented in which 115 subjects with rheumatoid arthritis were recruited from two hospitals located in southern Taiwan. Findings demonstrated a significantly positive correlation between self-care behavior and age, physical function and social support. Age and social support represented the effective predictors of self-care behavior, explaining 13.4% of total self-care behavior variance. Study results suggest that healthcare providers should better understand the predictive factors of self-care behavior, design effective interventions and provide therapeutic information in order to facilitate better self-care behavior in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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