This study addresses the relationship between patient empowerment and self-management behaviour in patients with different personality characteristics. This result indicated that classifying the type of HLC may enable the identification of subgroups of patients who may subsequently benefit from patient empowerment. In a patient-centred programme, nurses and other healthcare professionals correctly identifying patients' HLC type and understanding the implications and then providing appropriate health care plans for patients with different health beliefs may be useful to tailor the decision-making process.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- case report
- public health
- ejection fraction
- mental health
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- patient reported outcomes
- climate change
- health information
- health insurance
- human health
- patient reported
- health promotion
- affordable care act