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  • Title: Nurse-led empowerment strategies for hypertensive patients with metabolic syndrome.
    Author: Chang AK, Fritschi C, Kim MJ.
    Journal: Contemp Nurse; 2012 Aug; 42(1):118-28. PubMed ID: 23050578.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to compare the effect of a nurse-led empowerment-based intervention to that of standard care on metabolic syndrome risk factors, self-management behaviors, and walking activity in Korean hypertensive patients. METHODS: Using a quasi-experimental design, patients participated in an experimental group (N = 30) or control group (N = 22). The experimental group received eight weekly empowerment sessions, including lifestyle modification education, empowerment group discussions, and exercise training, while the control group received standard hypertension care. RESULTS: The experimental group had significantly improved metabolic syndrome symptoms and prevalence, empowerment scores, self-management behaviors, and walking (all p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggest that, in Korean hypertensive patients, empowerment interventions are more effective than standard care in improving metabolic syndrome risk factors, empowerment, self-management behaviors, and walking.
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