The Effects of the Korean Medicine Health Care Program on Stroke-Related Factors and Self-Care Enhancement

OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to examine the effects of the Korean medicine healthcare program on stroke-related factors and self-care enhancement. METHODS: This study was a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design study (N = 58 participants), with 28 in the tre...

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Autores principales: Chang, Kyoung-Oh, Lim, Jung-Hye
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6816358/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31673492
http://dx.doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2019.10.5.07
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to examine the effects of the Korean medicine healthcare program on stroke-related factors and self-care enhancement. METHODS: This study was a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design study (N = 58 participants), with 28 in the treatment group (Korean medicine health care program) and 30 in the control group (no intervention). The program was conducted twice a week for 2 hours, for a total of 12 weeks. RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences in systolic (p = 0.005) and diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.006), cholesterol (p < 0.001), blood glucose (p < 0.001), self-esteem (p = 0.001), self-efficacy (p < 0.001), health perception (p < 0.001), and the health behavior (p < 0.001) between the experimental group and the control group. CONCLUSION: Thus, the Korean medicine healthcare program was effective in managing stroke-related factors and enhancing self-care, and should be actively used to develop community health promotion strategies to prevent strokes and prepare long-term measures.

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