The Relationship of Basic Conditioning Factors, Knowledge, Self-care Agency, Self-care Behavior, and Urinary Sodium Excretion of Hypertensive Older Adults: Testing Orem’s Self-Care Theory

摘要: Understanding the powerful factors of sodium reduction benefits older adults by leading to reduce many health risks, lower care cost and diminished economic social burden. This study had two aims: 1) explore what degree four factors – selected basic conditioning factors, knowledge reduction, self-care agency, behavior predict urinary excretion in hypertensive seniors, 2) test whether these variables related were congruent with Orem’s Self-Care Theory. Based on this theory, internal external proposed as either positively or negatively influencing an individual’s capability agency. These may have direct indirect effects toward behavior. If persons anticipated their competence, they would use clues for taking action certain situations. expected encourage Later, ultimate outcome changing consuming less dietary was inversely represented low excretion. A cross-sectional, correlational conducted 312 patients age 60 over who been diagnosed hypertension. The Knowledge Dietary Sodium Reduction Scale, Agency Behavior Scale used along 24-hour analysis. Structural equation modeling Analysis Moment Structures (AMOS) program analyze data. The final model fit data well. Significant associations among observed which consistent Theory. rural/urban, education accounted 39% variance explaining Additionally, behavior, 61% excretion. agency most important variable model, respectively.