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Joyce Joseph1, Asha P Shetty2, Suganya P1
1College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur, Raipur, IND.
Aim:
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health concern. Self-efficacy is a person's particular set of beliefs in their ability to accomplish daily life activities with symptom management. The aim of the present study was to explore the level of self-efficacy among adolescents with SCD.
Methods:
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the self-efficacy of adolescents with sickle cell disease using a purposive sampling of 300 adolescents diagnosed with SCD in a tertiary care center in east-central India. A sickle cell self-efficacy scale was used to collect data between November 2023 and April 2024. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and linear regression.
Results:
The mean age at which adolescents were diagnosed with SCD was 3.31 ± 0.14 years, and 69.7% (209) of adolescents were identified between the ages of one and five years. Additionally, 73% (219) of adolescents had moderate self-efficacy. The current study found that most adolescents had a moderate level of self-efficacy, and regression analysis showed that the strong predictors for higher self-efficacy levels were higher education, economic status, place of residence, and age group.
Conclusions:
The adolescents had a moderate level of self-efficacy. Future interventions are recommended to help improve self-efficacy in adolescents with SCD.
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