A patient with respiratory difficulties wants to begin an exercise program to increase lung functioning and endurance. This patient is demonstrating which characteristic of health maintenance?
a. perception c. maintenance
b. motivation d. planning
B
Health maintenance can be conceptualized by three characteristics: perception, motivation, and maintenance. Planning is not a characteristic of health maintenance. Perception is the ability of a patient to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors. Motivation is the internal drive that comes from within the patient to maintain a current level of health or achieve an optimal level of health. Maintenance is the ability to sustain the use of a new behavior.
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