유연주1, 이주희2, 추상희2, 최동훈3

1버지니아대학교 간호대학, 2연세대학교 간호대학 임상간호과학과 간호정책연구소, 3연세대학교 의과대학 세브란스 심장혈관병원 심장내과

Background: The purpose of this study was to examine illness perception, knowledge about the disease and
health promoting behaviors, and to identify factors influencing health promoting behaviors among Peripheral
Arterial Disease (PAD) patients.
Methods: The participants were 128 PAD patients who had been treated as an outpatient or an inpatient at the
department of cardiology in a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea. Data were collected from October to December
2014, regarding general characteristics, disease related characteristics, illness perception and knowledge on
PAD, health promoting behaviors by using a structured questionnaire.
Results: The number of subjects who had an awareness of PAD diagnosis was 70 (54.7%) among 128. In this
study, knowledge on PAD was significantly correlated with health promoting behaviors (r＝0.205, P＝0.020).
Especially, knowledge on PAD had a significant correlation with health responsibility (r＝0.353, P＜0.001) and
exercise (r＝0.230, P＝0.009). In the regression analysis, knowledge on PAD was a factor that influences the
health promoting behavior in this study subjects (R2＝0.212, P＝0.032).
Conclusions: We could determine the degree of perception, knowledge, and health promoting behaviors
among participants and the influence of PAD-related knowledge on health promoting behaviors. Conclusively,
the results of this study support the development of education intervention to ameliorate disease perception
and PAD related knowledge in order to improve health promoting behaviors among PAD patients.
Korean J Health Promot 2016;16(1):37-47
Keywords: Peripheral arterial disease, Perception, Knowledge, Health behavior