Factors influencing health-promoting behaviors in Korean breast cancer survivors

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among internal health locus of control, depression, social support, and health-promoting behaviors in Korean breast cancer survivors and to identify factors influencing health-promoting behaviors. Method: A predictive design was used. The data were collected by questionnaires from a convenience sample of 258 breast cancer survivors in Korea during 2007. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearsons correlation coefficients, and stepwise multiple regression. Results: When differences of health-promoting lifestyle based on demographic and illness-related characteristics were examined, no significant differences were found except for undergoing chemotherapy. Internal health locus of control, depression, and social support were correlated significantly with the health-promoting lifestyle. As a result of stepwise multiple regression analysis, social support, depression, and chemotherapy were discovered to account for 34.98% of the variance in healthpromoting lifestyle. The variable that most affected a health-promoting lifestyle was social support, followed by chemotherapy and depression. Conclusions: The results of the study clearly demonstrate the importance of social support and depression in explaining the occurrence of a health-promoting lifestyle among Korean breast cancer survivors. ; OAIID:oai:osos.snu.ac.kr:snu2012-01/102/0000028528/2 ; SEQ:2 ; PERF_CD:SNU2012-01 ; EVAL_ITEM_CD:102 ; USER_ID:0000028528 ; ADJUST_YN:N ; EMP_ID:A076124 ; DEPT_CD:811 ; CITE_RATE:1.41 ; FILENAME:Factors influencing health-promoting behaviors in Korean breast cancer survivors.pdf ; DEPT_NM:간호학과 ; EMAIL:kim0424@snu.ac.kr ; SCOPUS_YN:Y ; CONFIRM:Y