Disease knowledge and self-management behavior of COPD patients in China

Medicine
Hua YangRuimin Zhang

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the disease knowledge and self-management behavior of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the respiratory ward of a tertiary hospital in China, and analyze the relationship between these.A total of 360 COPD patients were surveyed using the internationally validated COPD Questionnaire (COPD-Q), the COPD Patients' Self-Management Behavior Scale and a general sociodemographic questionnaire, and 346 valid responses were obtained.The results revealed that the surveyed COPD patients scored an average of 4.90 ± 2.50 points (maximal of 13 points) on the COPD-Q and 117.23 ± 20.56 points on the COPD Self-Management Behavior Scale, in which 86.1% of COPD patients were classified as having low to medium levels of self-management behavior. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that the total points on the COPD Self-Management Behavior Scale, symptom management, daily life management, emotional management and information management were all positively correlated to the disease knowledge of COPD (P < .01). In addition to COPD knowledge, the multiple regression analysis revealed that age, marital status and place of residence could also affect self-management behavior.The level of diseas...Continue Reading

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Apr 14, 2020·Journal of Advanced Nursing·Paolo IovinoBarbara Riegel
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Aug 17, 2021·Japan Journal of Nursing Science : JJNS·Xiuyan LanShuang Jin

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