1. Effects of the health belief model following acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a hospital in China
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Li-Fang Li, Mei Ji, Chen Yu, Chun-Mei Chen, Ai-Hong Wang, Ya-Hui Shen, and Jun Ye
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ,Symptom management ,business.industry ,Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory ,After discharge ,medicine.disease ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030228 respiratory system ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Health belief model ,Anxiety ,Original Article ,030212 general & internal medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Anxiety scale - Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study aims to investigate the effects of education with health belief model (HBM) on anxiety and fatigue among patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). METHODS: Patients with AECOPD admitted into Taizhou People’s Hospital, Jiangsu, China between December 2012 and October 2013 were randomly selected for the present study according to random number table. A total of 99 cases with anxiety were included. These patients were divided into two groups: experimental group educated by HBM (n=47), and control group educated by conventional method (n=52). The scores for anxiety and fatigue were evaluated using the self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and multidimensional fatigue inventory (MFI-20). RESULTS: After educational intervention by HBM, patients achieved a significant decrease in anxiety and fatigue scores, when compared to patients in the control group, who were educated by the conventional method at the time of admission, discharge, and 6 weeks after discharge (P
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- 2019