Predictors of health promotion behavior in women without prior history of coronary heart disease

Thanavaro, Joanne L.; Moore, Shirley M.; Anthony, Mary; Narsavage, Georgia; Delicath, Timothy

doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2005.07.006

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Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 149-155, August 2006

Predictors of health promotion behavior in women without prior history of coronary heart disease

Barnes-Jewish College of Nursing and Allied Health, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA

Francis Payne Bolton Nursing School, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA

Department of Research Methodology, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103, USA

Received 20 January 2005; accepted 30 July 2005.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine health promotion behavior (HPB) and the best predictors of HPB in women without prior history of coronary heart disease (CHD). The sample included 119 women aged between 35 and 60 years who had no prior CHD history. The women were asked to complete a self-administered survey regarding their demographic data, personal CHD risk factors, HPB, CHD knowledge, and perceived benefits and barriers to CHD risk factor modification. The women in this study did not practice HPB regularly and had low CHD knowledge levels, a high perception level of benefits, and a moderate level of perceived barriers to CHD risk modification. Backward multiple regression analysis demonstrated that smoking history, family history of CHD, CHD knowledge levels, and perceived barriers to CHD risk modification were the best predictors of HPB in women without CHD. Women with fewer perceived barriers to CHD risk modification, higher CHD knowledge levels, and no smoking history or family history of CHD were more likely to practice HPB.