Illness perceptions affect healthy life habits in colombian patients after a myocardial infarction
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2019-03-01
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A myocardial infarction is an event that leads to a change of healthy habits
for maintaining a good quality of life and have a good prognosis of the disease (American
Heart Association, 2010). As a chronic disease, the adjustment of the cardiac condition
implies that the patient needs to change their health-related behaviours (Stanton, 2007), by
doing physical activity, control saturated fats and increase the consumption of fruits and
vegetables (Yusuf et al, 2004). Leventhal´s self-regulatory theory has shown that illness
perceptions are associated with the strategies that patients develop to adjust to their condition
(Leventhal, Phillips & Burns, 2016). The objective of this study was to assess the importance
of illness perceptions regarding changes of healthy habits in Colombian patients after a
Myocardial Infarction.
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Myocardial infarction, Healthy habits, Adjustment, Illness perceptions, Chronic disease