ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF- CARE IN COPD PATIENTS

Given the importance of the COPD and role of different factors in self-care
behaviors of COPD patients, this study have been conducted to determine the relationship between
self-efficacy and self-care in these patients.
Materials & Methods: In this descriptive-correlational study 62 COPD patients participated who were
hospitalized in hospitals affiliated to the Urmia University of Medical Sciences in 2011. Samples were
selected using purposive sampling. After determining the validity and reliability of the questionnaires
and completing consent form, the demographic, self-efficacy, and self-care questionnaires were given
to be completed. The data were analyzed using descriptive and analytic statistics in SPSS software.
Result: The mean score of self-care was 69.56 from the range of 34 through 140. This means that the
participants performed self-care behaviors moderately. The mean score of self-efficacy scores was
76.93 from the range of 35 through 175. Results of the Kay Square showed a positive correlation
between the self-care and self-efficacy in COPD patients so that with increasing self-efficacy, self-care
behaviors are also increased ( = 14.75, p=0.02).
Conclusion: Given the high potency of self-efficacy factors in predicting self-care behaviors and low
self-efficacy scores of COPD patients, in their educational programs to improve self-care behaviors,
more attention should be paid to strengthening the helping factors especially self-efficacy