Mối liên quan giữa cảm nhận được gia đình hỗ trợ và hành vi tự chăm sóc của bệnh nhân bệnh phổi tắc nghẽn mạn tính

To measure the association between patient’s perceived family support and self-care behaviors. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2020 to May 2021 on COPD patients being visited at the asthma- COPD management clinic, Gia Dinh People's Hospital. Patients aged 40 years or older, diagnosed with COPD, able to hear and understand Vietnamese, do not suffer from neuropsychiatric diseases, live with at least one family member or relative and agree to participant were recruited in the study. Eligible participants were interviewed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire. Data collected includes socio-demographic characteristics, pathological characteristics, patient's self-care behaviors, and patient’s perceived family support. Results: A total of 220 patients were included in the study. The percentage of men was 90%. The mean age was 66.9 ± 8.8 years. The percentage of COPD patients with good self-care behaviors was 94.5%. The percentage of patients with average and good perceived family support was 54.1 % and 37.7% respectively. The odds of patients felt good perceived family support was 8.67 times higher in good self-care behaviors compared to those felt poor perceived family support (OR=8.67, CI95%: 1.32-56.7, p=0.024). Conclusions: It is necessary to provide knowledge and skills to the patient's family so that they can better support the patient in the selfcare process. Besides, health education for COPD patients needs to be enhanced to improve self-care behaviors of patients at home.It is necessary to provide patient's family knowledge and skills so that they can better support patients in self-care activities. Health education for COPD patients should be enhanced to improve patient’s self-care behaviors at home.