CONCLUSION
This study demonstrated the potential effectiveness
of a nurse-led empowerment-based
intervention for hypertensive patients. The
results suggested that the empowerment-based
intervention has the potential to improve selfmanagement
behavior, the level of empowerment,
and metabolic syndrome risk factors in hypertensive
patients in Korea. The internal validity could
be improved by selecting participants according
to probability sampling. Longitudinal studies are
recommended to ascertain the long-term effect
of an empowerment program on patients with
hypertension.