the correlation between efficacy of asthma control and quality of life in asthmatic patients

background the improvement of self-caring and self-efficacy behaviors is vital in the successful management of asthma. objectives the aim of the research is to determine the relation between self-efficacy of asthma control and quality of life in iranian asthmatic patients. patients and methods this research represents a descriptive-analytical study. the 257 asthmatic patients referred to the clinic were selected as the research sample. the data collection instrument was a questionnaire consisting of four parts on personal-social characteristics, the asthma self-efficacy scale (ases), asthma control questionnaire (acq), asthma quality of life questionnaire (aqlq), and the parameters of spirometry. the data were collected after determining the validity and reliability of the questionnaires and analyzed by applying descriptive and analytical statics. results the results indicated that ases scores were negatively correlated with acq total scores (r = -0.378, p = 0.001) and individual item scores, with the exception of item 7. moreover, they were positively correlated with the aqlq total (r = 0.442, p = 0.001) and subscale scores. conclusions the findings of this study showed that having confidence in one’s abilities is related with a better quality of life and control of asthma to control the symptoms.