Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-Item Scale.

SES6C

What it measures

Confidence in self-managing a chronic condition (symptom control, role function, emotional management, communicating with clinicians, doing tasks)

Length and format

6 items. 10-point confidence (1 not at all confident to 10 totally confident); mean score (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages (Stanford CDSMP international dissemination)

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Lorig, K. R., Sobel, D. S., Ritter, P. L., Laurent, D., & Hobbs, M. (2001). Effect of a self-management program on patients with chronic disease. Effective Clinical Practice, 4(6), 256-262.