Establishment of the Norms of Exercise Self-efficacy Scale for Lung Cancer Patients in Anhui Province

Abstract

Background The level of exercise self-efficacy of lung cancer patients affects the establishment of exercise goals and the belief of overcoming difficulties. Understanding the current situation has a good predictive effect on the exercise behavior of lung cancer patients, but there is no norm for exercise self-efficacy assessment tools for lung cancer patients in China, which makes the measurement results lack of reference standards. Objective To establish the norm of Exercise Self-efficacy Scale for lung cancer patients in Anhui Province. Methods Anhui Province was divided into northern, central and southern regions according to its geographical location. A total of 1 600 lung cancer patients were selected by regional stratified random sampling from January to August in 2021, and Exercise Self-efficacy Scale was used to investigate them, the mean, percentile and demarcation norm of the scale were established. Results A total of 1 600 questionnaires were distributed, 1 459 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 91.19%. The total score of Exercise Self-efficacy Scale for lung cancer patients in Anhui Province was (67.66±14.90) , and the score of efficacy expectation dimension was (63.09±18.13) , the outcome expectation dimension score was (73.48±14.10) . In this study, the mean norm of Exercise Self-efficacy Scale for lung cancer patients in Anhui Province was established according to gender and age groups (young group of 19-35 years old, middle-aged group of 36-59 years old, and elderly group of ≥60 years old) . The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed that gender, age, education level, occupation, regular exercise habits, concomitant diseases, hospital level, department, BMI and regional division were the influencing factors for the total score of exercise self-efficacy in lung cancer patients (P<0.05) . Therefore, the classification norm was established based on the above variables. With 5% as the interval, the percentile norm of the Exercise Self-efficacy Scale for lung cancer patients from 5 to 95 was established. With (-s) , (-0.5s) , (+0.5s) , (+s) as the boundary point, the exercise self-efficacy level of lung cancer patients was divided into five states according to the total score of the scale from low to high: very low, low, medium, high and very high. Conclusion This study preliminarily constructed the norm of Exercise Self-efficacy Scale for lung cancer patients in Anhui Province, which can provide a reference standard for the study of exercise self-efficacy level of this population, and also provide a theoretical basis for further exploring the influencing factors of exercise self efficacy in lung cancer patients.

Keywords

• lung cancer|exercise self-efficacy|exercise self-efficacy scale|norm