Influencing Factors of Self‐Management Behavior Among Chinese Patients With Chronic Disease: A Cross‐Sectional Study

The self-management behavior among patients with chronic disease was at a moderate level and needed further improvement. The self-management behavior among patients with chronic disease was influenced by three kinds of factors. Specifically, for the individual factor, patients who had a higher frequency of health check-ups reported better self-management behavior; for the family factors, patients who had no spouse, few children, and a strong family network showed better self-management behavior; for the social factor, patients living in urban areas had better self-management behavior.