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Influence of Disease Knowledge on Health Promoting Behavior in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

  • Global Health and Nursing
  • Abbr : Global Health Nurs
  • 2021, 11(1), pp.41-50
  • DOI : 10.35144/ghn.2021.11.1.41
  • Publisher : Research Institute of Nursing Science
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Nursing Science
  • Received : November 10, 2020
  • Accepted : December 30, 2020
  • Published : January 31, 2021

Moon, Hee Ae 1 Kang, Kyoungrim ORD ID 2 Kim, Myung Hee ORD ID 2

1삼성서울병원
2부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the levels of disease-related knowledge and health-promoting behavior and the factors influencing this behavior in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Methods: The subjects were 131 outpatients with gastroesophageal reflux disease for over 18 years, visiting a tertiary hospital from March to April 2018. The data were collected using a structured self-reporting questionnaire on gastroesophageal reflux disease-related knowledge and health-promoting behavior. Statistical analyses were conducted using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and hierarchical multiple regression using the IBM SPSS Statistics 23.0 program. Results: The average scores for gastroesophageal reflux disease-related knowledge and health-promoting behavior were 9.98±3.77 and 2.32±0.42, respectively. The results indi-cated a positive correlation between disease-related knowledge and health-promoting behavior (r=.29, p<.001). The significant variables related to health-promoting behavior were added to the model using hierarchical multiple regression. Education (β=.33), smoking habits (β=.23), and disease-related knowledge (β=.19) were the key influencing factors, which explained 25% of the variance in health-promoting behavior. Disease-related knowledge alone accounted for 2.6% of health-promoting behaviors. Conclusion: The prevalence rates of gastroesophageal reflux disease-related knowledge and health-promoting behavior were generally low in our study population. Gastroesophageal reflux disease-related knowledge has an impact on health-promoting behavior. The results emphasize the need to equip patients with disease-related knowledge to encourage health-promoting behavior.

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