Li Y, Chien WT, Zhu B, He H, Bressington D. Predictors of Self-Efficacy Among People With Spinal Cord Injury During Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Cross-Sectional Study.
J Nurs Scholarsh 2021;
53:218-226. [PMID:
33555118 DOI:
10.1111/jnu.12632]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE
This study aimed to investigate the predictors of self-efficacy among Chinese people with spinal cord injury (SCI).
DESIGN
A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational design was adopted.
METHODS
121 participants were recruited from two rehabilitation hospitals in Shaanxi, China, from August 2016 to June 2017. The Moorong Self-Efficacy Scale was used to assess participants' self-efficacy levels. Participants' sociodemographic or clinical characteristics, functional independence, coping ability (measured using the Brief Coping Orientations to Problems Experienced Inventory), and social support (measured using the Six-item Social Support Questionnaire) were assessed as potential predictors of self-efficacy. A multiple linear regression model was conducted to identify the factors predicting self-efficacy score.
RESULTS
The mean age of the participants was 41 (SD 11.9) years and 90% were male. Participants' mean self-efficacy score was 53.9 (SD 15.7). Multiple linear regression results indicated that injury type (i.e., paraplegia or tetraplegia; β = 0.290, p < .001) and adaptive coping (β = 0.561, p < .001) were significant predictors, accounting for 62% of the variance in self-efficacy scores.
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings imply that psychosocial interventions that target enhancing various adaptive coping strategies could have positive effects on self-efficacy in people with SCI.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE
Injury type and adaptive coping ability are two key factors related to patients' self-efficacy post-SCI. Psychosocial interventions that target enhancing various adaptive coping strategies could have positive effects on self-efficacy in people with SCI.
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