Role of psychosocial resources and acceptance of disease in maintaining health with asthma / Rola zasobów psychospołecznych oraz akceptacji choroby w zachowaniu zdrowia w astmie

Introduction. Asthma is a chronic disease. Risky health behaviours among patients like exposure to allergens or stress, smoking, irregular drug taking, lack of physical activity can exacerbate the condition. Psychosocial resources, like self-efficacy, social support and patient’s acceptance of the c...

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Published in:Pielęgniarstwo XXI Wieku 2016-06, Vol.15 (2), p.34-40
Main Authors: Karcz, Aleksandra, Majda, Anna, Wróbel, Aldona, Karcz, Tomasz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
acceptance of disease
Allergens
Asthma
Exercise
Health behavior
health behaviours
Self-efficacy
support
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Summary:Introduction. Asthma is a chronic disease. Risky health behaviours among patients like exposure to allergens or stress, smoking, irregular drug taking, lack of physical activity can exacerbate the condition. Psychosocial resources, like self-efficacy, social support and patient’s acceptance of the condition may prove helpful in coping with the disease. Aim. Investigating health behaviours among asthmatic patients, discussing psychosocial resources and assessing the degree of disease acceptance in order to account for the relationship between the latter two variables. Material and methods. The study group included 100 patients suffering from asthma. A questionnaire designed especially for investigating that group of patients, as well as two standardized tools (the Acceptance of Illness Scale and the General Self-Efficacy Scale) were used. A chi-square test was used for performing a statistical analysis. the level of significance was set at p
ISSN:2450-646X
1730-1912
2450-646X
DOI:10.1515/pielxxiw-2016-0015