J Korean Biol Nurs Sci.  2020 Nov;22(4):297-307. 10.7586/jkbns.2020.22.4.297.

Factors Influencing Stroke Prevention Behaviour in Middle-aged Adults

• Ko E

• KMID: 2509062
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.7586/jkbns.2020.22.4.297

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this research was to identify the relationships between stroke knowledge, health perception, exercise selfefficacy and stroke prevention behaviour and the factors influencing stroke prevention behaviour in middle-aged adults.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2 cities of Korea from May to July 2020, using structured questionnaire. The participants were 168 middle-aged adults without a history of stroke. Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent ttest, one-way ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 25.0.
Results
There was significant correlations among degree of stroke prevention behaviour, stroke knowledge about warning sign (r= .20, p= .010), health perception (r= .35, p< .001) and exercise self-efficacy (r= .43, p< .001). The most important factor influencing stroke prevention behaviour was exercise self-efficacy (β= 0.38, p< .001), followed by health perception (β= 0.18, p= .008), body mass index (β= -0.17,p= .011), stroke knowledge about warning sign (β= 0.13, p= .045) in that order. These factors explained 37.7% of total variance in stroke prevention behaviour (F= 11.09, p< .001).
Conclusion
The results of this study suggest that the development of nursing intervention for stroke prevention behaviour improvement is needed considering exercise self-efficacy and stroke knowledge.

Keyword

Stroke; Primary prevention; Knowledge; Exercise; Self efficacy