PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of a nurse-led empowerment-based intervention to that of standard care on metabolic syndrome risk factors, self-management behaviors, and walking activity in Korean hypertensive patients. METHODS: Using a quasi-experimental design, patients participated in an experimental group (N = 30) or control group (N = 22). The experimental group received eight weekly empowerment sessions, including lifestyle modification education, empowerment group discussions, and exercise training, while the control group received standard hypertension care. RESULTS: The experimental group had significantly improved metabolic syndrome symptoms and prevalence, empowerment scores, self-management behaviors, and walking (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggest that, in Korean hypertensive patients, empowerment interventions are more effective than standard care in improving metabolic syndrome risk factors, empowerment, self-management behaviors, and walking.
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of a nurse-led empowerment-based intervention to that of standard care on metabolic syndrome risk factors, self-management behaviors, and walking activity in Korean hypertensivepatients. METHODS: Using a quasi-experimental design, patients participated in an experimental group (N = 30) or control group (N = 22). The experimental group received eight weekly empowerment sessions, including lifestyle modification education, empowerment group discussions, and exercise training, while the control group received standard hypertension care. RESULTS: The experimental group had significantly improved metabolic syndrome symptoms and prevalence, empowerment scores, self-management behaviors, and walking (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggest that, in Korean hypertensivepatients, empowerment interventions are more effective than standard care in improving metabolic syndrome risk factors, empowerment, self-management behaviors, and walking.
Authors: Benjamin Hon Kei Yip; Eric Kam Pui Lee; Regina Wing Shan Sit; Carmen Wong; Xue Li; Eliza Lai Yi Wong; Martin Chi Sang Wong; Roger Yat Nork Chung; Vincent Chi Ho Chung; Kenny Kung; Samuel Yeung Shan Wong Journal: Sci Rep Date: 2018-07-09 Impact factor: 4.379