Determinants of Health Information Use for Self-Efficacy in Lifestyle Modification for Chronic Disease Patients

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the terms of the Creative CommonsAttribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-ncsa/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one. AbstractObjectives -Various efforts are being made to disseminate lifestyle modification information. What is the role of health information in building patients self-efficacy in lifestyle modification? The research examined level of access to lifestyle modification information for patients with chronic diseases in two Federal Government Teaching Hospitals in South East Nigeria. It explored the relationship between self-efficacy and access to lifestyle modification information and also factors that are associated with self-efficacy when patients have access to lifestyle modification information. Methods -The research is a cross-sectional correlation study that used a questionnaire to collect data. (See Appendix A.) Sample was 784 patients with chronic diseases. Questionnaires were Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2016, 11.2 137 distributed to the patients as they attended clinics in the medical and surgical outpatients' clinics of the hospitals.Results -Findings showed access to lifestyle modification information was significantly and positively correlated with self-efficacy. Multiple Regression analysis suggest that age, type of illness, and length of treatment in the teaching hospitals were associated with self-efficacy when patients have access to lifestyle modification information.Conclusion -It will be pertinent that demographic and disease factors are considered when making lifestyle modification information available to patients for greater self-efficacy.

Health information seeking, beliefs about abilities, and health behaviour among Finnish seniors

“…Higher health self-efficacy was also related to healthier behaviour, that is, more exercise and healthier eating. Anyaoku and Nwosu (2016) found another type of relationship: those who had more access to information about lifestyle modification also had higher self-efficacy concerning lifestyle modification. Other studies have concentrated on self-efficacy related to information seeking.…”

“…In library and information science, research has to some extent focused on either health-related self-efficacy (Anyaoku and Nwosu, 2016; Pálsdóttir, 2008) or LoC (Ek and Heinström, 2011) and health-related information behaviour. Numerous studies have examined seniors’ relationships to health information (Hallows, 2013).…”