Effect of illness perception on self-regulatory fatigue in older adult patients with hypertension: chain-mediating role of self-efficacy and coping style

The older adult patients with hypertension had higher self-regulatory fatigue level. Positive correlations emerged between self-regulatory fatigue and disease perception, avoidance, as well as acceptance-resignation; diminishing patients' negative emotions toward disease alongside enhancing their treatment confidence contributes to lowering patients' self-regulatory fatigue.