Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Predicting self-efficacy using illness perception components: a patient survey.

Margaret Lau-Walker1

  • 1University of Surrey, Surrey, UK. m.lau-walker@imperial.ac.uk

British Journal of Health Psychology
|October 13, 2006
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Using in situ simulation to improve care of the acutely ill patient by enhancing interprofessional working: a qualitative proof of concept study in primary care in England.

BMJ open·2019
Same author

Understanding alcohol-related liver disease patients' illness beliefs and views about their medicine.

British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)·2018
Same author

Predicting and preventing alcohol relapse in alcohol-related liver disease.

British journal of nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)·2018
Same author

Personalised discharge care planning for postmyocardial infarction patients through the use of the Personalised Patient Education Protocol - implementing theory into practice.

Journal of clinical nursing·2016
Same author

Nurses' perceptions and experiences of work role transitions: a mixed methods systematic review of the literature.

Journal of advanced nursing·2016
Same author

Patients with alcohol-related liver disease--beliefs about their illness and factors that influence their self-management.

Journal of advanced nursing·2015

Illness perception influences self-efficacy in coronary heart disease patients. Understanding illness representation, particularly symptoms and control, can enhance self-efficacy for diet and exercise post-discharge.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Cardiology
  • Health Behavior

Background:

  • Self-efficacy is crucial for managing chronic conditions like coronary heart disease (CHD).
  • Illness representation, or how patients perceive their illness, may impact self-efficacy.
  • Understanding this relationship can inform interventions for CHD patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how illness representation components predict self-efficacy in patients with CHD.
  • To assess changes in illness representation and self-efficacy over time.

Main Methods:

  • A longitudinal study of 300 CHD patients.
  • Illness perception and self-efficacy (general, diet, exercise) were measured at hospital discharge and 9 months later.
  • Statistical analyses controlled for baseline self-efficacy and demographic factors.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Illness representation components, especially symptoms and control/cure, significantly predicted changes in diet and exercise self-efficacy at 9 months post-discharge.
  • Initial illness perception (consequences, timeline) related to early self-efficacy, but later perceptions were more influential.
  • Demographic and illness characteristics were more strongly linked to illness representation than to self-efficacy.

Conclusions:

  • A significant relationship exists between illness representation and self-efficacy in CHD patients.
  • Interventions targeting illness perception may improve self-efficacy for lifestyle changes in cardiac rehabilitation.
  • Integrating illness representation and self-efficacy assessments can enhance individualized psychosocial care.