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KMID : 1004620100160020043
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Clinical Nursing Research
2010 Volume.16 No. 2 p.43 ~ p.55
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Effects of Self-efficacy Promotion Program for Patients with Epicondylitis
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Kim Sun-Hwa
Kim Bog-Ja
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the effects of program promoting self-efficacy patients with epicondylitis.
Methods: Forty-three patients with unilateral epicondylitis were enrolled in this study between January, 2 and April, 28, 2009. The patients were assigned to one of two groups: Nineteen patients in the intervention group were given the self-efficacy promotion program with specific home instruction and the 24 in the control group were treated with conventional treatment. Pain by numeric rating scale, anxiety, and the self-efficacy of exercise were evaluated before the program, and 4 weeks after completing the intervention. The number of exercises was checked after the intervention. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, Chi-square test, paired t-test, Pearson’s correlation coefficients with SPSS 14.0 program.
Results: Anxiety in the intervention group was significantly lower than the control group(p=.018). Maximal and resting pain in the control group were lower than the intervention group(p=.000, p=.003). The self-efficacy of exercise and the number of exercises increased in the intervention group but there was no significant difference (p=.057, p=.052).
Conslusion: The results of this study indicate that a program promoting self-efficacy for patients with epicondylitis could be a useful nursing intervention to reduce anxiety.
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KEYWORD
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Epicondylitis, Self-efficacy, Pain, Anxiety, Exercise
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