Similarities and differences of self-care behaviors between Korean Americans and Caucasian Americans with heart failure

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MeSH: Aged ; Analysis of Variance ; Asian Americans* ; Chi-Square Distribution ; Cultural Diversity* ; European Continental Ancestry Group* ; Female ; Health Behavior ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Health Surveys ; Heart Failure/epidemiology ; Heart Failure/ethnology* ; Heart Failure/psychology ; Humans ; Korea/ethnology ; Psychometrics ; Self Care/methods* ; Statistics as Topic ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Transcultural Nursing/methods ; United States/epidemiology ; Women's Health*

Keywords: cardiovascular ; transcultural health ; survey design ; Korean Americans ; Caucasian Americans

Abstract: PURPOSE: To compare the differences of self-care behaviors between Korean Americans with heart failure (HF) and Caucasian Americans with HF.

METHOD: Ninety (N = 90) participants (45 Korean Americans and 45 Caucasian Americans) were recruited for this study. A two-group, comparative, descriptive design using the Revised Heart Failure Self-Care Behavior Scale was used to assess self-care behaviors.

RESULTS: Self-care behavior was not significantly different between the two groups (p > .05). However, culture-specific self-care behaviors were evident between two racial groups.

DISCUSSION: Implementation of culturally congruent education programs could be useful in preventing and managing HF. Further studies comparing self-care behaviors should be conducted in diverse racial populations

Appears in Collections:: 3. College of Nursing (간호대학) > Dept. of Nursing (간호학과) > 1. Journal Papers

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