Background: The adoption of appropriate health behaviors can prevent the recurrence of stroke. Previous research found a downward trend in hypertensive stroke patients' health behaviors from 3 to 6 months after discharge. The provision of appropriate support by chronic illness resources has been shown to predict patients' engagement in appropriate health behaviors in other chronic illness populations. This study sought to explore the association between chronic illness resources and health behaviors in hypertensive stroke patients in order to provide a foundation for the secondary prevention of stroke.

Methods: Using convenience sampling method, we enrolled 133 hypertensive stroke patients at 6 months after discharge in Guangzhou, China. All the patients completed a demographic and disease-specific questionnaire, the Health Behavior Scale for Stroke Patients (HBS-SP) and the Chronic Illness Resources Survey (CIRS). A multiple stepwise regression analysis was conducted to test the association of chronic illness resources with health behaviors.

Results: The total scores of the HBS-SP and CIRS were (2.89±0.38) and (2.94±0.66), respectively. The correlation coefficient for chronic illness resources and health behaviors was 0.517 (P<0.001). The positive association between chronic illness resources and health behaviors remained statistically significant after controlling for gender, education level, and the Barthel Index (unstandardized coefficient: 0.317, P<0.001).

Conclusions: The chronic illness resources has positive association with health behaviors in hypertensive stroke patients at 6 months after discharge. A good support provided by chronic illness resources may contribute to promote positive health behaviors, and thus prevent the recurrence of stroke.

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