Meei?Shiow Lu|Haiou Xia|Jianying Ma|Ying Lin|Xian Zhang|Yi Shen|Marilyn Hravnak
Relationship between adherence to secondary prevention and health literacy, self-efficacy and disease knowledge among patients with coronary artery disease in China
Fudan University|Fudan University|Zhongshan Hospital|Fudan University|Zhongshan Hospital|Fudan University|Zhongshan Hospital|Fudan University|Huashan Hospital|Fudan University|University of Pittsburgh
adherence secondary prevention indispensable part management patients coronary artery disease finding patient factors affecting adherence behaviours important improving treatment effect limiting disease progressionto examine association health literacy selfefficacy disease knowledge adherence secondary coronary artery disease prevention patients chinain crosssectional study 598 patients coronary artery disease enrolled two tertiary hospitals china hospitalisation receiving percutaneous coronary intervention patientreported data collected demographics health literacy selfefficacy disease knowledge adherence secondary coronary artery disease prevention medicationtaking hearthealthy lifestyle exercise reducingeliminating alcohol intake smoking low salt fat diet stress reduction chisquared tests regression analyses performedthe proportions recalled selfreport adherence medicationtaking hearthealthy lifestyle immediately prior coronary artery disease hospitalisation 847 532 respectively logistic regression health literacy selfefficacy disease knowledge significantly associated nonadherence secondary coronary artery disease prevention limited health literacy demonstrated 161fold odds nonadherence hearthealthy lifestyle score increase selfefficacy disease knowledge 098fold odds 105fold odds nonadherence hearthealthy lifestyleadherence medicationtaking relatively good chinese patients prior coronary artery disease hospitalisation adherence hearthealthy lifestyle behaviours improved health literacy selfefficacy disease knowledge taken account intervening improve secondary coronary artery disease prevention