Introduction: Asthma is one of the prevalent and costly diseases. Various studies have shown that self-care plays a major role in preventing the complications, improving the life quality, and reducing the care expenditures of asthma. Therefore, strengthening the asthma patients in caring for themselves and using planned trainings is highly necessary. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of education on self-care learning in the patients suffering from asthma. Patients and Methods: The present interventional study was conducted on 80 patients referring to specialized clinics of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences who had the inclusion criteria of the study. The patients were selected through convenient sampling and randomly assigned to either the control or the intervention group. The educational intervention included five sessions of training on self-care. The study data were collected using a demographic questionnaire as well as a knowledge assessment test and the results were analyzed through the SPSS statistical software. Results: The study results revealed no significant difference between the two groups regarding the demographic variables. However, comparison of the mean of changes in the two groups› knowledge scores showed a significant increase in the intervention group›s knowledge score (P<0.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study confirmed the patients› need for learning self-care methods as well as the effectiveness of planned educational programs. Therefore, using and strengthening selfcare trainings are highly recommended for asthma patients in clinics.

Background and PurposeThe reports indicate on the incidence of seizure disorder about 1.5 per cent of the normal elderly population. The Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31) has been pervasive simple tool to screen seizure in the busy neurophysiological settings and monitoring. It was constructed as self-administered tool in two formats, 89 and 31-items. To the reliability and validity of the QOLIE-31 across older adults in the southwest Iran and discuss its role in the detection of health-related quality of elderly patients with epilepsy.MethodsAbout 73 older adults (mean age = 66.3 ± 1.71) were sampled from the eight hospitals and caring centres. They replied to the QOLIE-31. External and criterion validity was calculated by correlation to the SF-36 questionnaire, to check and validate the epilepsy specific dimensions. The QOLIE-31 includes seven subscales: overall quality of life, seizure worry, emotional well-being, energy/fatigue, cognitive, medication effects, and social function.ResultsThere was significant difference within sample groups regarding main variables (p < 0.05). The coefficients of Cronbach’s alpha (α= 0.76), convergent validity (0.81), divergent validity (−0.21), external validity with overall score of SF-36 (0.87), and criterion validity (0.78) were estimated, which were significant at p < 0.01. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the QOLIE-31 is organized into six factors, which clarifies 92 per cent of the scale’s variance. Second-order confirmatory factor analysis pointed out that the factor is well matched up onto a principal factor. Consequently, the 6-factors model was well appropriate for the data by the fit index techniques for adjusting the scale (AGFI = 0.94, GFI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.003, IFI = 0.90, NFI = 0.95, CFI = 0.95).ConclusionsThe results pointed to the well-adjusted reliability and psychometric properties of the QOLIE-31 and its usefulness for the relevant studies as well.