Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 5-13, October 2010

Self-efficacy as a predictor of improvement in health status and overall quality of life in pulmonary rehabilitation—An exploratory study

  • Signe Berit Bentsen

      Affiliations

    • Stord/Haugesund University College, Department of Nursing Education, Haugesund, Norway
    • Learning and Coping Centre, Haugesund Hospital, Haugesund, Norway
    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Stord/Haugesund University College, Department of Nursing Education, 5528 Haugesund, Norway. Tel.: +47 52 70 27 37; fax: +47 52 70 26 01.
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  • Tore Wentzel-Larsen

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical Research, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
    • ,
  • Anne Hildur Henriksen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Berit Rokne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
    • ,
  • Astrid Klopstad Wahl

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nursing and Health Science, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Received 23 June 2009; received in revised form 12 November 2009; accepted 24 November 2009. published online 01 April 2010.

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PII: S0738-3991(09)00597-7

doi:10.1016/j.pec.2009.11.019

Patient Education and Counseling
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 5-13, October 2010

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