Conclusion
This study found enhanced self-care activities with
self-efficacy improvements in COPD patients which is
consistent with health-belief patterns and social-cognitive theories. Both of the latter theories insist on the role of self-efficacy on health behaviors. In our study, self-efficacy had a positive effect and patients with higher levels of self-efficacy had advanced self-care behaviors. These findings can prove effective in various educational programs. Thus, to gain enhanced self-care activities of individuals, self-efficacy should be improved through encouraging preferred interests over barriers. In order to strengthen individual’s beliefs in their own abilities in performing self-care activities, their internal control source should be enhanced by educating them so as to believe that they themselves are crucial in controlling disease symptoms and prevention by taking the necessary
measures.