Correlation research between health empowerment and self-concealment of community elderly patients with chronic disease
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2019.13.013
- VernacularTitle: 社区老年慢性病患者健康赋权与自我隐瞒相关性研究
- Author:
Ruixin GUAN
1
;
Wei MENG
2
;
Yujie CHEN
2
;
Jiang LI
2
;
Baorong ZHANG
3
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatric Hematology and Endocrinology, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China
2. Department of Nursing, College of Health and Welfare, School of Humanities of Northeast Normal University, Changchun130117, China
3. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun130021, China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aged;
Health empowerment;
Self-concealment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2019;35(13):1015-1019
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To convey health empowerment and self-concealment of community elderly patients with chronic disease and the correlation between them.
Methods:Convenient sampling was used, elderly patients with chronic disease health empowerment questionnaire, self-concealment questionnaire, general demographic information questionnaire were used to survey 490 community elderly patients with chronic disease.
Results:The elderly patients′ health empowerment average score was 3.02±0.86, self-concealment average score was 3.38±0.69, health empowerment and self-concealment had significant negative correlation (r=-0.389, P<0.01).
Conclusions:The community elderly patients with chronic disease was at a moderate lower level, self-concealment was at a moderate higher level, relative people should decrease the degree of self-concealment of community elderly patients with chronic disease, increase the degree of health empowerment of community elderly patients with chronic disease, so as to promote the physical and psychological health of community elderly patients with chronic disease.
