Why the study?
Does chronic illness self-management training improve self-efficacy in patients with chronic illnesses, and is this effect moderated by depressive symptoms?
Does chronic illness self-management training improve self-efficacy in patients with chronic illnesses, and is this effect moderated by depressive symptoms?
Patients with more depressive symptoms are more likely to experience self-efficacy gains from chronic illness self-management training than those with fewer depressive symptoms.
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May warrant targeting self-management training to patients with depressive symptoms; extends evidence on moderators of efficacy in chronic illness.
Jerant et al. (2008) studied this question.