Training interventions for healthcare providers offering group-based patient education. A scoping review.

Objectives: To provide overview of research on training interventions for healthcare providers aimed at promoting competencies in delivering group-based patient education.

Methods: A systematic literature search identified relevant studies. Data was extracted on training details, study design, outcomes and experiences.

The relationships of self-efficacy, physical activity, and paid work to health-related quality of life among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Purpose: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) primarily affects the lungs, it is regarded as a systemic disorder associated with comorbidity and physical deterioration, which often results in reduced levels of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Self-efficacy is an important concept in self-management, which is vital for improving HRQoL in patients with COPD. The purpose of this study was to examine how general self-efficacy, leisure time physical activity, and sociodemographic variables such as employment status are related to the physical and mental health components of HRQoL in patients with COPD.

Personal factors associated with health-related quality of life in persons with morbid obesity on treatment waiting lists in Norway.

Purpose: To explore relationships of socio-demographic variables, health behaviours, environmental characteristics and personal factors, with physical and mental health variables in persons with morbid obesity, and to compare their health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores with scores from the general population.

Methods: A cross-sectional correlation study design was used. Data were collected by self-reported questionnaire from adult patients within the first 2 days of commencement of a mandatory educational course.