Received Knowledge and Perceived Empowerment of Patients with Chronic Diseases Admitted in a Private Hospital in Koronadal City, Philippines

ABSTRACT. This study is intended to describe and draw correlational analysis between Received Knowledge and Perceived Empowerment of patients with Chronic Diseases admitted in a private hospital at Koronadal City, Philippines. The research design utilized a quantitative nonexperimental correlational approach. The respondents are hospitalized patients admitted with chronic diseases. The survey utilized an inclusion and exclusion criteria for the sampling. Received Knowledge, which is the independent variable, was measured using the RKhp or Received Knowledge of Hospitalized PatientScale by Leino-Kilpi,Santera, Holtta (2003). The Level ofEmpowerment which is the dependent variable was measured by Psychological Empowerment Scale by Dr. Peter Schulz. The research used descriptive statistics in analyzing demographic data and inferential statistics to draw correlation between the variables. Overall, received knowledge of hospital patients with chronic disease and the level of empowerment were found to be highly correlated.