Psychology
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1 week agoSelf-Efficacy in Chronic Illness
Self-efficacy is a learned belief in capability that can be strengthened, and chronic illness can reduce it, affecting outcomes and quality of life.
"IV fluids are easy to order, they're abundantly available and oftentimes we give them to patients without a true need," Ramgopal said. "When this hurricane struck, there was a need to reconcile patients who really needed IV fluids with those for whom IV fluids were perhaps used unnecessarily."