Illness perception and cardiovascular health behaviour among persons with ischemic heart disease in Indonesia.
Kholid Rosyidi Muhammad Nur
PMID 31406821WHAT IT FOUND
Among Indonesian adults with ischemic heart disease, viewing the illness as more threatening was associated with better self-reported cardiovascular health behaviour.
Overall behaviour was high, but blood pressure and stress management were moderate.
Key findings
01Higher threatening illness perception was associated with better cardiovascular health behaviour (r = 0.38, P < 0.01).
02Participants reported high overall cardiovascular health behaviour (M = 80.29, SD = 5.42), but stress management and blood pressure control were moderate.
03The most commonly perceived cause of ischemic heart disease was smoking (47.66%).
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What it does not show
The study was carried out only in one sub-district community setting, so the authors say the findings cannot be generalised. Illness perception and behaviour were measured at the same time, so the study cannot show that one causes the other. Cardiovascular health behaviour was self-reported, and blood pressure and cholesterol information came from public health centre records. The behaviour scale was modified by the researcher, and the reported mean total illness perception score differs between the text and the table.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the association as proof that changing illness perception will improve cardiovascular health behaviour. The study measured perception and behaviour in the same survey and did not test an intervention.