RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY AND CLINICAL STATUS INDEXES IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

Heidari, M and Moradbebeigi, K and Borsi, S.H and Fayazi, S and Skandari Sabzi, H and Akbari Nassaji, N (2016) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-EFFICACY AND CLINICAL STATUS INDEXES IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE. The Journal of Urmia Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, 14 (3). pp. 233-241.

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Abstract

Nowadays, the prevalence of chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has been increased, and its clinical status has been exacerbated. This study aimed to assess the correlation between self-efficacy and clinical status indexes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed in February 2013 to July 2014 on 81 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients referred to a respiratory clinic in Ahvaz. We assessed the self-efficacy of patients by Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease SelfEfficacy Scale, exercise tolerance by 6-Minutes Walking Test, dyspnea by Borg Scale, and fatigue by Fatigue Severity Scale. At the end, descriptive and analytic statistics in SPSS software were used for data analysis. Results: There was no correlation between self-efficacy and exercise tolerance in patients (P=0.09). But there was a negative significant correlation between self-efficacy with dyspnea (P=0.003) and fatigue (P=0.03). Conclusion: The research finding with detection of clinical status indexes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients can persuade the care giver to provide the effective plan in self-efficacy, and then in clinical status improvement

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