Relationship between self-management behaviors and health-related quality of life among Chinese patients with coronary heart disease: A cross-sectional study.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) has become one of the leading cause of death and physical disability in China. However, the relationship between self-management behaviors and health-related quality of life (HrQoL) among CHD patients in Chinese community settings is unclear. To explore the relationship between self-management behaviors and HrQoL among CHD patients in Chinese community settings. 220 participants were recruited from a community setting in Xi'an city, China. A cross-sectional study was conducted by using the Coronary Artery Disease Self-Management Scale (CSMS) and Chinese Mandarin version of the Short-Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36) on HrQoL. Compared with Chinese norms, the CHD patients reported poorer HrQoL (< 0.05). Pearson correlation analyses identified positive correlations (= 0.117-0.328, < 0.05) between self-management behaviors and HrQoL among the CHD patients in Chinese community settings. It is critical to improve self-management behaviors and HrQoL of CHD patients in Chinese communities.