Why the study?
What is the incidence of inadequate self-efficacy and its associated psychosocial factors in Chinese patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
159 Chinese patients with chronic heart failure, mean age 63 years, 53% female
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Inadequate self-efficacy was associated with modifiable factors in Chinese HF; hypothesis-generating, needs prospective validation before practice change.
What is the incidence of inadequate self-efficacy and its associated psychosocial factors in Chinese patients with chronic heart failure?
In Chinese patients with chronic heart failure, inadequate self-efficacy is common (29%) and independently associated with general self-efficacy, depression, and perceived social support.
Fan et al. (2014) studied this question.
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