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Effects of a self-management education program on self-efficacy in patients with COPD: a mixed-methods sequential explanatory designed study

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, July 2017
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Title
Effects of a self-management education program on self-efficacy in patients with COPD: a mixed-methods sequential explanatory designed study
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International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, July 2017
DOI 10.2147/copd.s136216
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Wai I Ng, Graeme Drummond Smith

Abstract

Self-management education programs (SMEPs) are potentially effective in the symptomatic management of COPD. Little is presently known about the effectiveness of these programs in Chinese COPD patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a specifically designed SMEP on levels of self-efficacy in Chinese patients with COPD. Based on the Medical Research Council framework for evaluating complex interventions, an exploratory phase randomized controlled trial was employed to examine the effects of an SMEP. Self-efficacy was the primary outcome using the COPD Self-efficacy Scale, measured at baseline and 6 months after the program. Qualitative data were sequentially collected from these patients via three focus groups to supplement the quantitative findings. The experimental group displayed significant improvement in their general self-efficacy (Z =-2.44, P=0.015) and specifically in confronting 1) physical exertion (Z =-2.57, P=0.01), 2) weather/environment effects (Z =-2.63, P<0.001) and 3) intense emotions (Z =-2.54, P=0.01). Three themes emerged from the focus groups: greater disease control, improved psychosocial well-being and perceived incapability and individuality. The connection of the quantitative and qualitative data demonstrated that individual perceptual constancy of patients could be a determining factor modulating the effectiveness of this type of intervention. These findings highlight the potential putative benefits of an SMEP in Chinese patients with COPD. Further attention should be given to cultural considerations when developing this type of intervention in Chinese populations with COPD and other chronic diseases.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 22 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 9%
Student > Bachelor 14 9%
Researcher 12 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 4%
Other 18 12%
Unknown 64 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 37 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 18 12%
Psychology 6 4%
Social Sciences 5 3%
Sports and Recreations 3 2%
Other 17 11%
Unknown 64 43%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 November 2018.
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#7,357,897
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Outputs from International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
#863
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#109,335
of 326,871 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
#29
of 82 outputs
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