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Danish Medical Journal Mar 2023The Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale is a widely used questionnaire instrument for measuring self-efficacy. Since self-efficacy has increasingly...
INTRODUCTION
The Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale is a widely used questionnaire instrument for measuring self-efficacy. Since self-efficacy has increasingly been recognised as an essential prerequisite for effective self-management of chronic diseases, valid and reliable measures are needed to do evaluations in research and clinical practice. This study aimed to translate and perform linguistic validation of the questionnaire for use in a Danish population and context.
METHODS
The translation and validation process, which followed the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research guidelines, included professional translation and back translation, facilitated by clinical experts. Furthermore, we conducted cognitive debriefing interviews with patients diagnosed with chronic diseases.
RESULTS
The questionnaire was translated into Danish and linguistically validated, each step producing changes leading to a more conceptually and culturally equivalent Danish version. The back translation was compared with the original English version which led to the identification of discrepancies requiring discussion before the next back translation. Ten participants were recruited for the cognitive debriefing interviews and contributed to minor changes.
CONCLUSION
The Danish version of the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale is ready for use among Danish-speaking patients with chronic diseases.
FUNDING
This work was supported by the Models of Cancer Care Research Program with grants from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF16OC0022338) and Minister Erna Hamilton's Grant for Science and Art, (06-2019). The funding source did not contribute to the study.
TRIAL REGISTRATION
not relevant.
Topics: Humans; Self Efficacy; Translations; Linguistics; Surveys and Questionnaires; Chronic Disease; Denmark; Reproducibility of Results
PubMed: 36999813
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health... Aug 2022The aim was to evaluate nurses' self-efficacy, confidence, and nurse-patient interaction during caring of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
OBJECTIVE
The aim was to evaluate nurses' self-efficacy, confidence, and nurse-patient interaction during caring of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
METHODS
A cross-sectional design with online survey was used with a Self-efficacy scale, Self-confidence scale, and Caring nurse-patient interaction scale: 23-item Version-Nurse (CNPI-23 N).
RESULTS
A sample of 120 nurses participated in the current study. The results showed that the participants had a moderate level of self-efficacy, self-confidence and interaction (M = 28.84 (SD = 7.7), M = 47.41 (SD = 9.0), and M = 93.59 (SD = 16.3), respectively). Positive relationships were found between nurse' self-efficacy, self-confidence, and nurse-patient interaction (r = 0.81; < 0.0001 and 0.79; < 0.0001, respectively). Significant differences were found in self-efficacy according to years of experience, academic qualifications and position (F = 2.10; = 0.003; F = 3.60; = 0.002, and F = 2.60; =0.007, respectively). Furthermore, the results indicated that there was a significant difference in self-confidence and nurse-patient interaction also.
CONCLUSION
Nurse educators and administrators should develop and implement further strategies, such as continuing education and training, compensatory payment, organizational support, and availability of protective measures to increase their self-efficacy, self-confidence, and interaction with COVID-19 patients.
Topics: Humans; Self Efficacy; Cross-Sectional Studies; COVID-19; Surveys and Questionnaires; Nurses
PubMed: 33407968
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2021.1 -
PloS One 2023Motivation as a catalyst for human conduct has been associated with lots of variables. However, self-efficacy and resilience as two important components of the...
Motivation as a catalyst for human conduct has been associated with lots of variables. However, self-efficacy and resilience as two important components of the individuals' psychological capital have not received enough scientific attention. This gets more significance considering the global COVID-19 pandemic with noticeable psychological consequences for the learners receiving online education. Hence, the current study proceeded to investigate the relationship between students' self-efficacy, resilience, and academic motivation in online education. To this aim, a convenience sample of 120 university students coming from two state universities in south of Iran participated in an online survey. The questionnaires used in the survey included the self-efficacy questionnaire, resilience questionnaire, and academic motivation questionnaire. Pearson correlation and multiple regression statistical methods were applied to analyze the obtained data. The results pointed to a positive relationship between self-efficacy and academic motivation. In addition, those with a higher degree of resilience were found to experience higher academic motivation. Moreover, the results of multiple regression test revealed that self-efficacy and resilience can significantly predict the academic motivation of the students involved in an online mode of education. The research proposes a number of recommendations for developing the learners' level of self-efficacy and resilience through enacting various pedagogical interventions. In this way, a heightened level of academic motivation would enhance EFL learners' learning rate.
Topics: Humans; Education, Distance; Motivation; Pandemics; Self Efficacy; COVID-19; Students
PubMed: 37220147
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285984 -
Journal of the Academy of... 2022Kidney failure (KF) is associated with impaired physical function, reduced health-related quality of life, increased health care costs, and high rates of cardiovascular... (Review)
Review
BACKGROUND
Kidney failure (KF) is associated with impaired physical function, reduced health-related quality of life, increased health care costs, and high rates of cardiovascular complications and mortality. Among individuals with KF, well-being and related constructs, such as positive affect, optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience, may have both mental and physical health benefits, independent of the effects of negative emotions and affective syndromes. However, there has been minimal review of these characteristics in people with KF.
OBJECTIVE
We conducted a scoping review, using a semi-systematic approach, to summarize the relationships between well-being characteristics and renal health, the potential mechanisms mediating these relationships, and the effects of interventions that promote positive constructs on adherence and health outcomes.
METHODS
We conducted database searches using PubMed and PsycINFO until November 2020. Articles were included if they examined (1) relationships between a well-being construct and health outcome in patients with KF, (2) potential biologic or behavioral mediators, or (3) interventions that target positive psychologic constructs as outcomes or mediators in KF and (4) were written in English or Spanish.
RESULTS
Among patients with KF, well-being constructs are associated with increased health-related quality of life, reduced morbidity and complications, and increased survival. Potential mechanisms mediating these associations include reduced inflammation, improved autonomic and endothelial function, and improved health behavior adherence. Psychologic and psychosocial interventions promoting well-being have primarily focused on improving self-efficacy to promote behavior change, with limited study of interventions to promote positive psychologic constructs in this population.
CONCLUSIONS
Further research is needed to better understand the relationship between well-being constructs and health, specific to KF populations. This could inform the development of needed interventions that harness the promotion of other positive characteristics to improve well-being and health.
Topics: Health Behavior; Humans; Optimism; Quality of Life; Renal Insufficiency; Self Efficacy
PubMed: 35278740
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2022.02.008 -
Journal of Primary Care & Community... 2023The community health agent plays an essential role as a link between the community and health institutions; the effectiveness of their work is crucial in promoting... (Observational Study)
Observational Study
INTRODUCTION
The community health agent plays an essential role as a link between the community and health institutions; the effectiveness of their work is crucial in promoting health, prevention, and detection of diseases. Motivation and empowerment could affect the performance of the community agent in carrying out his work.
OBJECTIVE
To determine if work motivation and empowerment are factors associated with the self-efficacy of the community health agent.
METHODOLOGY
Observational and cross-sectional study. The study included community health agents in the Non-Governmental Organization ADRA in Imbabura and Pichincha, Ecuador. The sample selected by the census method corresponds to 300 agents. The instruments were the Motivation at Work Scale (R-MAWS), the Psychological Empowerment Scale, and the Professional Self-efficacy Questionnaire (AU10). Descriptive statistical analyses were performed using dispersion and summary measures-a comparative analysis with chi-square. The inferential analysis was done through logistic regression where the B coefficient and the odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were evaluated, < .05. The theoretical and adjusted model of the structural model allowed us to corroborate the association of the variables.
RESULTS
Motivation had a positive effect on self-efficacy (OR = 10.091, CI [5.509-18.485], < .05), empowerment had a minimal effect (OR = 0.664, CI [0.363-1.214], > .05), which is not significant to predict the perception of self-efficacy.
CONCLUSION
This study suggests that to improve the self-efficacy of the work of community health agents, it is necessary to intervene through strategies that keep them motivated in the exercise of their mediation work between the community and health institutions. Likewise, empowering them would contribute to self-efficacy and thus help in the fulfillment of the functions of health agents.
Topics: Humans; Cross-Sectional Studies; Motivation; Power, Psychological; Public Health; Self Efficacy; Surveys and Questionnaires
PubMed: 38041396
DOI: 10.1177/21501319231213771 -
Memory & Cognition Aug 2022Retrieval practice effect refers to improved memory on a final test for information retrieved one or more times. Although past theoretical work identifies cognitive...
Retrieval practice effect refers to improved memory on a final test for information retrieved one or more times. Although past theoretical work identifies cognitive mechanisms to explain retrieval practice benefits, it is possible that improving self-efficacy during learning may also contribute to better memory, in line with limited past work showing a relationship between self-efficacy and memory. Across two experiments, we examine the potential relationship between retrieval practice, self-efficacy, and memory. In Experiment 1, we examined the extent change in self-efficacy accounted for improved memory on a final test after retrieval practice compared with restudy. In Experiment 2, we gave participants (false) feedback that was either negative (i.e., you performed worse than others), neutral (i.e., you performed the same as others), or positive (i.e., you performed better than others) to more directly assess the effects of self-efficacy on memory under retrieval practice conditions. Results of Experiment 1 showed a significant retrieval practice effect, with memory on the final test being better after retrieval practice compared with restudy. Self-efficacy did not significantly mediate the retrieval practice effect. Results of Experiment 2, however, showed that decreases in self-efficacy due to (false) negative feedback resulted in worse memory performance compared with neutral feedback. Such findings may suggest that change in self-efficacy after retrieval practice attempts, particularly negative feedback, affects memory at final test. Overall, these findings suggest a relationship between retrieval practice, self-efficacy, and memory, and imply that interventions that influence self-efficacy may be a plausible mechanism to modulate memory under some conditions.
Topics: Cognition; Humans; Learning; Mental Recall; Self Efficacy
PubMed: 35668292
DOI: 10.3758/s13421-022-01324-z -
The Gerontologist Aug 2021General self-efficacy (GSE) encourages health-promoting behaviors in older adults. It is unsurprising then that older adults receiving health care services are reported... (Meta-Analysis)
Meta-Analysis Review
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
General self-efficacy (GSE) encourages health-promoting behaviors in older adults. It is unsurprising then that older adults receiving health care services are reported to have a greater risk of low GSE than older adults who are not. Despite this, there is currently limited evidence investigating whether the effect differs based on the environment in which care is received. This review aims to determine whether the GSE of older adults is affected by the receipt of health care services and whether GSE varies based on the setting in which care is received.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
In accordance with PRISMA guidelines (PROSPERO registration number CRD42018092191), a systematic search was undertaken across 7 databases. Standardized mean differences (SMD) and mean General Self-Efficacy Scale scores, with 95% confidence intervals (CI), were pooled for meta-analysis.
RESULTS
A total of 40 studies were identified, they consisted of 33 population cohorts that were included in the meta-analysis. Older adults receiving health care services were found to be at greater risk of having lower GSE than those who do not (SMD = -0.62; 95% CI: -0.96 to -0.27, p < .0001). Following identification of sources of heterogeneity, older adults receiving acute inpatient care were more likely to have lower GSE than those receiving care in other health care settings.
DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS
Older adults receiving inpatient care have a greater risk of lower GSE, and consequently, poorer health-promoting behaviors. Further research is recommended that focuses on the GSE of older adults and health outcomes following discharge from inpatient care.
Topics: Aged; Hospitalization; Humans; Patient Discharge; Self Efficacy
PubMed: 32373938
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaa036 -
Journal of Advanced Nursing Feb 2022To identify the most effective interventions to empower cardiorenal patients. (Review)
Review
AIMS
To identify the most effective interventions to empower cardiorenal patients.
DESIGN
A systematic review of the literature has been carried out.
DATA SOURCES
The PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO and Cochrane databases were reviewed, and journals in the field were manually searched between January and February 2020.
REVIEW METHODS
Five randomized clinical trials and quasi-experimental studies that met the selection and CONSORT & TREND methodological quality criteria were selected.
RESULTS
The evidence supports that there are no existing interventions aimed at empowering cardiorenal patients. However, the interventions to empower people with chronic kidney disease and heart failure suggest that their integration should address seven domains: patient education, sense of self-management, constructive coping, peer sharing, enablement, self-efficacy and quality of life.
CONCLUSION
A gap has been revealed in the literature regarding the empowerment of cardiorenal patients. This review provides relevant information to help design, implement and evaluate interventions to empower these patients by describing the strategies used to empower people experiencing both chronic conditions and the tools used for their assessment.
IMPACT
There is a need for further research to design, implement and evaluate a multidimensional intervention that favours the empowerment of cardiorenal patients by using valid and reliable instruments that measure the domains that constitute it in an integrated manner. Interventions aimed at empowering the cardiorenal patient should include seven domains: patient education, sense of self-management, constructive coping, peer sharing, enablement, self-efficacy and quality of life.
Topics: Adaptation, Psychological; Chronic Disease; Humans; Quality of Life; Self Efficacy; Self-Management
PubMed: 34363636
DOI: 10.1111/jan.15007 -
PloS One 2020Minimal research has examined psychological processes underpinning ultra-marathon runners' performance. This study examined the relationships between mental toughness...
Minimal research has examined psychological processes underpinning ultra-marathon runners' performance. This study examined the relationships between mental toughness and self-efficacy with performance in an elite sample of ultra-marathon runners competing in the 2019 Hawaiian Ultra Running Team's Trail 100-mile endurance run (HURT100). The Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ) and the Endurance Sport Self-Efficacy Scale (ESSES) were completed by 56 elite ultra-marathon runners in the HURT100 (38 males, 18 females; Mage = 38.86 years, SDage = 9.23). Findings revealed mental toughness and self-efficacy are highly related constructs (r(54) = 0.72, p < 0.001). Mental toughness and self-efficacy did not significantly relate to ultra-marathon performance (mental toughness and self-efficacy with Ultra-Trail World Tour (UTWT) rank F(2, 53) = 0.738, p = 0.483; mental toughness and self-efficacy with likelihood would finish the HURT100 χ2 = 0.56, p = 0.756; mental toughness and self-efficacy with HURT100 placing and time F(2, 53) = 1.738, p = 0.186 and F(2, 30) = 2.046, p = 0.147, respectively). However, participants had significantly and meaningfully higher mental toughness (M = 45.42, SD = 4.26, medium and large effect sizes) than athletes from other sports previously published. Our interpretation is that these results taken in conjunction, suggest a threshold of mental toughness that performers require to be of the standard needed to be able to prepare for and compete in elite ultra-marathon events such as the HURT100; once this mental toughness threshold is met, other factors are likely to be more influential in determining elite level ultra-marathon performance.
Topics: Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Marathon Running; Resilience, Psychological; Self Efficacy; Young Adult
PubMed: 33147236
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241284 -
International Journal of Environmental... Dec 2021Teacher job satisfaction and well-being have a significant impact on educational outcomes, considering that teaching is the main objective of the educational process....
Teacher job satisfaction and well-being have a significant impact on educational outcomes, considering that teaching is the main objective of the educational process. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between teacher job satisfaction and four main categories of determinants: self-efficacy, relational aspects (colleague collaboration, student behavior, school management), work-related aspects (administrative workload, teaching tasks), and working conditions, in order to identify various implications for teachers' well-being. The study employs a survey delivered to 658 K-12 (pre-university) teachers, from the North-West region of Romania. We used factorial analysis and a structural equation model to test eight proposed hypotheses. The results showed that self-efficacy, promotion, positive student behavior, and working conditions have significant effects on job satisfaction. These factors influence job satisfaction and well-being in the teaching profession because they ensure a positive work environment in which teachers and students thrive, thus leading to higher levels of involvement from teachers, students, and parents alike. An efficient work environment decreases attrition, burnout, emotional exhaustion, and teacher turnover, while increasing job satisfaction, well-being, and teacher retention.
Topics: Burnout, Professional; Educational Personnel; Humans; Job Satisfaction; Self Efficacy; Students
PubMed: 34886493
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312763