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Development and Effects of a Web-based Self-Efficacy Promoting Program on Stomach Cancer Patients with Gastrectomy

Purpose: The purpose of this research was to develop a web-based self-efficacy promoting program for self-management of stomach cancer patients with gastrectomy and identify the effects of this program on patients’ self-efficacy, self-care behavior, nutritional status, and quality of life. Methods: A non-equal, comparative pre and post experimental design with convenient sampling method was utilized. 42 stomach cancer patients with gastrectomy agreed to participate in this study and were divided into two groups, experimental (20) and control (22). The collected data was analyzed by x2-test, t-test and ANCOVA using SPSS/ Win 14.0 program. Results: The user satisfaction rate for this web site was relatively high. Web based Self-efficacy promoting program was effective on general self-efficacy, specific self-efficacy, self-care behavior, nutritional status, and quality of life among stomach cancar patients Conclusion: Web-based self-efficacy promoting program can be utilized as an effective nursing intervention for self-management of stomach cancer patients with gastrectomy. This program can also be found useful for any other cancer patients, for clinical practice and for home care.