Predicting intention to participate in self-management behaviors in patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A cross-national study

Martin S. Hagger, Kyra Hamilton, Sarah J. Hardcastle, Miao Hu, See Kwok, Jie Lin, Hapizah M. Nawawi, Jing Pang, Raul D. Santos, Handrean Soran, Ta-Chen Su, Brian Tomlinson and Gerald F. Watts

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 242, issue C

Abstract: Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic condition that predisposes patients to substantially increased risk of early-onset atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. FH risks can be minimized through regular participation in three self-management.

Keywords: Illness perceptions; Hyperlipidaemia; Theoretical integration; Common sense model; Theory of planned behavior; Theories of social cognition; Attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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