Associations of sense of coherence and self-efficacy with health status and disease severity in COPD

Autor: Despo Ierodiakonou, Polyvios Papadokostakis, Vasiliki Bempi, Ioannis Poulonirakis, Irini Gergianaki, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Dimitra Sifaki-Pistolla, Maria Kampouraki, Ioannis Gialamas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: npj Primary care respiratory medicine, 30:27
NPJ Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020)
Popis: Sense of coherence and self-efficacy has been found to affect health-related quality of life in chronic diseases. However, research on respiratory diseases is limited. Here we report findings on quality of life (QoL) of COPD patients and the associations with coherence and self-efficacy. This study consists of the Greek national branch of the UNLOCK study, with a sample of 257 COPD patients. Coherence and self-efficacy are positively inter-correlated (Pearson rho = 0.590, p p p p p
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