The Association of Self-Efficacy With General Health in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Background: self-efficacy is a belief that one can competently cope with a challenging situation. since self-efficacy is a strong predictor of health status in multiple sclerosis (ms), it may be an important area to target in clinical practice as such beliefs may be modifiable..objectives: the aim of this study was to examine the association between self-efficacy and general health in ms sufferer..materials and methods: in this correlation study, 100 patients with ms were selected by convenience sampling method in farshchian hospital, hamadan, in 2013. data were collected by general health questionnaire-28, and general self-efficiency. patients completed the self-report questionnaires. data were analyzed using spss 16 and descriptive statistics and pearson and kido’s correlation coefficient, p value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant..results: the mean of participants' age was 34.5 years; they were mostly women (78%), housewives (55%), married (74%), and literate with diploma (68%). the mean of illness duration was 55.1 months. overall, 53% of patients reported medium self-efficiency and 60% had general health at a favorable level, which showed a significant correlation between general health and self-efficiency..conclusions: findings show that general health in patents with ms can be promoted by increasing self-efficiency, which should be included in clinical care program..