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efficacy

[ef´ĭ-kah″se]

1. the ability of a drug to achieve the desired effect.

2. the degree to which an intervention accomplishes the desired or projected outcomes.

ef·fi·ca·cy

(ef'ĭ-kă-sē),

The extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service produces a beneficial result under ideal conditions. Compare: effectiveness.

[L. efficacia, fr, ef-ficio, to perform, accomplish]

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efficacy

In the context of evidence-based medicine, the capacity of a drug or therapy to positively influence the course or duration of a disease at the dose tested in the patient population for which it is designed and has been tested.

efficacy

An index of the potency of a drug or disease treatment; for a vaccine, efficacy is the percentage of persons who are protected by the vaccine

ef·fi·ca·cy

(ef'i-kă-sē)

1. nursing The success or effectiveness of a treatment.

2. The power to produce a desired effect.

[L. efficacia, fr, ef-ficio, to perform, accomplish]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

ef·fi·ca·cy

(ef'i-kă-sē)

Extent to which a specific intervention, procedure, regimen, or service produces a beneficial result under ideal conditions.
Compare: effectiveness

[L. efficacia, fr, ef-ficio, to perform, accomplish]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

Patient discussion about efficacy

Q. What do you think about the efficacy of Chinese medicine?

A. Did you know that Traditional Chinese Medicine works around the lungs, kidneys, liver and heart? Besides this, TCM also works around the small and large intestines, stomach, gall bladder and the urinary bladder. Being connected with ‘qi’ energy and blood, the vital substance, circulating through them, TCM uses a holistic approach to harmonizing the functions of these organs. TCM has deployed the theory that all structures in the body should work in tandem with the other and with the environment that surrounds us.

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Vicarious Experience: The vicarious experiences provided by social models strengthen self-beliefs of efficacy. When individuals observe someone similar succeeding through sustained effort, their beliefs raise that they also can succeed.

Academic Self Efficacy as a Predictor of Academic Achievement of Students in Pre Service Teacher Training Programs

(1999) developed the Coaching Efficacy Model to determine the causes, components, and outcomes of coaching efficacy.

Comparing Coaches' and Athletes' Perceptions of Coaching Efficacy

Analysis showed significant correlation between depression and coping self efficacy among cancer survivors and coping self efficacy mediates the relationship between depression and symptom intensity also.

Depression and death anxiety among HIV positive persons in relation to self efficacy

Teachers' efficacy is a vital factor for the teaching-learning (Chaco'n, 2005), and an important measure of teachers' effectiveness (Bandura, 1997).

EXPLORING DIFFERENCES AMONG MENTORS' AND MENTEES' SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS AT PRIMARY LEVEL EDUCATION IN CHINA

Studies have confirmed the effects of perceived threat and perceived efficacy on behaviors (Roberto, Zimmerman, Carlyle, & Abner, 2007; Witte, 1994).

Media Exposure, Perceived Efficacy, and Protective Behaviors in a Public Health Emergency

Once a person has a particular efficacy for a task, Bandura suggests that self-regulation is closely linked to these beliefs and has the power to directly influence the way in which a person engages in a task.

EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF SELF-EFFICACY AND SELF-REGULATION IN ONLINE LEARNING

41 (87.2%) patients in group A achieved efficacy while group B showed efficacy in 32 (68.1%) patients (p=0.022).

Efficacy of tacrolimus plus narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy versus narrowband ultraviolet B phototherapy alone in the treatment of vitiligo

Parental fostering of autonomy, and parental role in providing emotional support has positive relation with general self-efficacy, but the parental affective quality of attachment had negative relationship with general-self efficacy.

Perceived Parental Attachment Styles Predicting Self-Efficacy in Adolescents

Within social persuasion, consensus supports a positive relationship with self- efficacy. However, studies note proximity between who is giving the feedback and who is receiving feedback as an essential element to positive social persuasion (Bates & Khasawneh, 2007).

Exploring Relationships between Personal Variables, Programmatic Variables, and Self-Efficacy in School-Based Agricultural Education

Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interaction Questionnaire (PEPPI).

Measurements of self-efficacy in patients with chronic kidney disease: a literature review

Political efficacy and political participation are two important concepts that are often studied in relation to mass media.

Effects of Watching Political Talk Shows on Political Efficacy and Political Participation

Conclusion: Over half of the participants represented the category of "high efficacy".