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A Study on Health Perception and Health Promoting Behavior in Chronic Back Pain Patients  

Park Hyoung-Sook (College of Nursing, Pusan National University)
Kang Young-Sook (Choonhae Hospital)
Park Kyung-Yeon (Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Dong A University)
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Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing / v.36, no.3, 2006 , pp. 439-448 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to show a relationship between health perception and health promoting behaviors in chronic low back pain patients. Method: The subjects for this study were 213 persons who the visited hospital with low back pain-related problems. Results: The higher the level of the health perception in chronic back pain patients was the higher the rate of the practice of health promoting behaviors (r=0.393, p<.001). The health perception T score was $50.00{\pm}10.00$. As for health promoting behaviors, the T score was $49.99{\pm}10.00$. The subscale of the highest mean score was interpersonal support $(2.96{\pm}0.64)$ and the subscale of the lowest mean score was exercise $(2.13{\pm}0.99)$. Conclusion: This study showed that chronic low back pain patients had a lower level of perception of their health, and their practice to improve their health was not enough. Therefore, nurses should educate and encourage chronic low back pain patients in proper exercises and correct posture to strengthen and maintain lumbar extension muscle power.
Keywords
Low back pain; Health perception; Health promotion;
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