Correlates of Exercise Self-Efficacy in a Randomized Trial of Mind-Body Exercise in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

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Correlates of Exercise Self-Efficacy in a Randomized Trial of Mind-Body Exercise in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
Increased physical activities have been documented as advantageous and as a healthy among the patients with chronic diseases. One way these improvements occur is by increasing self-efficacy due to the physical activities involving mind-body exercises. However, some of the factors behind the changes are not well known. The article
The purpose
The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that are associated with the development of self-efficacy among the patients struggling with heart failure. The study was based on the understanding that self-efficacy, which is maximum achieved through physical activities, can be a strong predictor of physical activity since the level of self-efficacy can describe the interaction between personal, environmental and behavioral factors of most diseases (Yeh et al. 187). The researcher in the study expected that since self-efficacy is dependent on physical activities, then inducing certain patients’ confidence in performing physical behaviors is bound to improve health outcomes.
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In unfulfilling its purpose, this study focused on Tai Chi practices by two groups and various testing to identify and measure the changes. The sample population comprised of 100 patients with the systolic heart failure from Heart Failure clinics and primary cares in Boston …