Meaning of life and assessment of self-care force in nursing care given by model of health promotion for chronic obstructive pulmonary patients

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the meaning of life and self-care power in nursing care given to chronic obstructive pulmonary patients according to health promotion model. Material Methods: This research was carried out as the Solomon Four Group Model, which is a full experimental design. The study population consisted of adult patients diagnosed with COPD in Kilis State Hospital and Gaziantep Dr. Ersin Aslan Training and Research Hospital Chest Diseases Polyclinic. The sample of the study was determined by power analysis and 40 patients in the experimental group, 40 patients in the experimental group, 40 patients in the control group and 40 patients in the control group were assigned to groups by simple random sampling method. Data were collected between June 2018 and February 2019. According to Health Development Model, nursing care was applied 3 times in every 2 weeks by the researcher in the homes of the patients in the experimental groups. The experimental groups went to the patients' homes and applied nursing care 3 times in 2 weeks according to the Health Development Model. In the analysis of the data, number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test in dependent groups, t-test in independent groups, chi-square and ANOVA were used. Results: The Selfcare Power Scale final test of the patients in the experiment group 1 was 112.70±29.0; Life Attitude Profile Scale final test score was 156.37±13.5. The Selfcare Power Scale final test of the patients in the control group 1 was 81.35±17.7, the final test score of the Life Attitude Profile Scale was 120.50±31.9. The difference between the posttest mean scores of the groups was significant (p <0.05). Conclusion: The care applied to the patients with COPD according to the Health Development Model increased the self-care power of patients and the meaning of life.