Exploring the relationship between disease-related knowledge and health risk behaviours in young people with congenital heart disease.

• In order to prevent cardiac complications, young people with congenital heart disease (CHD) should conduct heart-healthy behaviours. Therefore, they are assumed to have a good understanding of their disease. However, empirical data on the relationship between disease-related knowledge and health behaviours in this population is lacking.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Heart defects

congenital

adolescent

health behaviour

health knowledge

attitudes

practice

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)