Higher illness perception is positively correlated with better cardiovascular health behavior in patients with ischemic heart disease, suggesting a potential target for nursing interventions.
Persons with higher illness perception showed a positive correlation with higher cardiovascular health behaviour at a significant level of 0.01. Results provided important information for nurses to develop an intervention program to promoting appropriate illness perception and cardiovascular health behaviour among persons with IHD.
Kholid Rosyidi Muhammad Nur (Sun,) studied this question.