Influence of chronic illness resources on self-management and the mediating effect of patient activation among patients with coronary heart disease.

The results showed that chronic illness resources and patient activation were significantly and positively correlated with self-management behaviours (p < .01). Patient activation had a partial intermediary between chronic illness resources and self-management behaviours, and the mediation effect was 0.230. Patient activation mediated the relationship between chronic illness resources and self-management. In order to improving the self-management behaviours, medical staff need to pay attention to the importance of chronic illness resources and patient activation.