Psychometric Testing of the Self-care of Hypertension Inventory.

CONCLUSION: These findings support the conceptual basis of self-care in patients with HTN as a process of maintenance, monitoring, and management. The SC-HI confidence scale is promising as a measure of self-efficacy in self-care.
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Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - September 12, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Dickson VV, Lee C, Yehle KS, Abel WM, Riegel B Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research