Effectiveness of Educational Program on Self-efficacy Behaviors of Asthmatic Patients

Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease that affects around 300 million people of all ages worldwide so that it has an impact on patients both physically, activity restrictions, and psychosocially, in terms of quality of life. Objective: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of Educational Program on Self-efficacy Behaviors of Asthmatic Patients. Study was based on quasi experimental with experimental and control design; by adopting purposive sampling technique sample were selected and data was collected by Asthma Self-efficacy Behavior measures Questionnaire (ASQ). Findings showed Self-efficacy scores in pre and post-test. The overall pre-Self-efficacy mean scores were 17.26 and post-test Self-efficacy mean scores was 18.58 and mean difference of Self-efficacy scores was 1.320. The obtained t- test value was 3.146 which shows statistical significance at p<0.05. The educational intervention appears to be an effective method to improve asthma control self-management behaviors and self-efficacy in asthma patients. Keywords: Asthma, Patients, Asthma Self-efficacy Questionnaire (ASQ)