Nurse-led empowerment strategies for hypertensive patients with metabolic syndrome

作者：Chang Ae Kyung^*; Fritschi Cynthia; Kim Mi Ja

来源：Contemporary Nurse, 2012, 42(1): 118-128.

• empowerment
• metabolic syndrome
• self-management behavior
• physical activity
• education

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.

• 出版日期2012-8