Fatemeh Aliakbari|Elahe Tavassoli|Forouzan Mohammad Alipour|Morteza Sedehi
Promoting health literacy and perceived self-efficacy in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd irreversible condition great importance patients practice selfcare given impact inadequate health literacy peoples selfefficacy selfcare program aim study improve health literacy selfefficacy people copdthe present quasiexperimental study conducted 70 patients copd admitted shahrekord educational hospitals 2019 using random allocation software samples randomly divided intervention control groups data collection tools included three questionnaires including demographic health literacy perceived selfefficacy questionnaires training program three weekly sessions theoretical practical trainings conducted intervention group classes hospital time session 40 min data collected three times ie immediately three months trainings data analyzed means spss 21 statistical software using descriptive inferential statisticsbefore intervention mean scores perceived selfefficacy health literacy differ significantly two groups intervention scores members intervention group increased significantly f 6215 p 005the results study indicated increase scores perceived selfefficacy health literacy people copd use targeted educational interventions positive effect treatment control disease