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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2016.14.1.437

Effects of a self-care program for Asthma patients :A Pilot Study  

Jeong, Hyun-Ju (Dept. of Nursing Nambu University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.14, no.1, 2016 , pp. 437-443 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose of this study was to develop a self-care program for patients with asthma and test its effects on self-efficacy, compliance, Quality of Life. One group pretest and posttest design was used to test the effects of the intervention. Sixteen asthma patients were recruited conveniently from C university hospital. Date were collected from February 1st to Spring 30th, 2011. Self-care program was composed asthma related education and demonstration of usage of MID & PEFR. The data were analyzed using Wilcoxon signed Rank test by SPSS 18.0. There was a significant increased in self-efficacy(Z=-3.26, p=.001), compliance(Z=-3.52, p<.001), QOL(Z=-3.41, p=.001). Based on data, we recommened the refinement of the intervention in the following areas for future studies: duration, research design, sample size.
Keywords
asthma patients; self-care program; self-efficacy; compliance; Quality of Life;
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