The Relationship Between Social Support and Adherence to Healthy Lifestyle Among Patients With Coronary Artery Disease in the North of Jordan

Loai I. Tawalbeh, Ahmad Tubaishat, Abdul-Monim Batiha, Manar Al-Azzam and Mohammed AlBashtawy

Clinical Nursing Research, 2015, vol. 24, issue 2, 121-138

Abstract: Numerous studies have shown that social support improves health behaviors in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between adherence to a healthy lifestyle, and social support and selected sociodemographics among patients with CAD. Cross-sectional descriptive design was used. A convenient sample of 153 patients with CAD was recruited from the cardiac clinic in an educational hospital in the north of Jordan. One hundred and thirty-three patients completed the interview. Social support was the most significant predictor— t (124) = 9.51, p

Keywords: adherence; coronary artery disease; social support; Jordan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773813501194

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