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Cognitive Appraisal and Cardiac Risk Reduction Behavior Following Coronary Angioplasty

Laura Porter Kimble

Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Clinicians express concern that because percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is minimally invasive and yields rapid symptom relief, patients with successful PTCA may be too optimistic about theirfuture health status, may no longer perceive heart disease as a threat to health, and thus, may view cardiac risk-reduction behaviors as unnecessary. This study examined the relationship between patients'cognitive appraisal of PTCA (treatment appraisal and heart disease threat) and subsequent participation in cardiac risk-reduction behavior 2 weeksfollowing hospital discharge. The sample included S8subjects with successful PTCA. The majority were older, married, Caucasian men who reported participation in cardiac riskreduction behavior (not smoking, exercising regularly, andfollowing a lowfat/low sodium diet) following PTCA. Although heart disease threat was a significant negative predictor of psychological well-being, itdid notpredict self-reportedparticipation in cardiac risk-reduction behavior

Western Journal of Nursing Research, Vol. 20, No. 6, 733-744 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/019394599802000605
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