“…However, recent experimental studies have reported conflicting findings on the application of caring programs driven by this theory and its constructs. Based on the literature, researchers have commended SCDNT as a means of improving QoL, self‐care, or self‐efficacy among patients with different chronic health conditions such as heart failure (HF) (Aghakhani et al., 2018; Al‐Hammed & Algunmeeyn, 2021), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (Ahrary et al., 2020; Borji et al., 2017), hypertension (HTN) (Ghasemniai Namaghi et al., 2018; Nasresabetghadam et al., 2021), myocardial infarction (MI) (Mohammadpour et al., 2015), chronic kidney disease (CKD) (Khazaei et al., 2021; Rostami et al., 2015; Shojaei Shad et al., 2018), migraine (Mahmoudzadeh Zarandi et al., 2016), stroke (Yang & Wei, 2020), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (Said Sabry et al., 2021), multiple sclerosis (MS) (Dahmardeh & Amirifard, 2018; Khodaveisi et al., 2018), major thalassemia (Madmoli et al., 2019; Masinaeinezhad et al., 2018), cancer (Afrasiabifar et al., 2018; Deng et al., 2021), and gastric ulcer (Mao et al., 2017). In addition, nursing based on SCDNT could significantly reduce adverse emotions (e.g., anxiety, stress, and depression) in comparison with the routine patients with cancer, MS, asthma, and cardiac conditions (Badakhsh et al., 2017; Deng et al., 2021; Hemati et al., 2016; Zhu et al., 2021).…”