Higher illness perception is positively correlated with better cardiovascular health behavior in patients with ischemic heart disease, suggesting a potential target for nursing interventions.
May support targeting illness perception in nursing care for ischemic heart disease; cross-sectional data leave causality and practice impact open.
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.
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