The relationship between self-efficacy and dyspnea, lifestyle, and compliance for patients with chronic respiratory disease

Abstract

This study sought to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and dyspnea, lifestyle, and compliance for patients with chronic respiratory disease (CRD). We administered a self-reported questionnaire to out-patients with CRD at A hospital, between August and September of 2008. A simple linear regression analysis was conducted to assess the association between self-efficacy and the dyspnea score, and the calculated covariates-adjusted self-efficacy score divided by the grade of lifestyle or compliance was then determined for 78 subjects. The self-efficacy score for patients with milder dyspnea was significantly higher than for those with moderate to severe dyspnea (p=0.000). The adjusted self-efficacy score in the patients who watched their diet was significantly higher than in those who did not (p=0.004), and the score in the good compliance patients was significantly higher than that in the poor compliance patients (p=0.048). These findings suggest that dyspnea in patients with CRD is associated with self-efficacy, and the patients who watch their diet and had good compliance were found to have a higher self-efficacy.