assessing spine-related self-efficacy among school children in iran

Aims: self-efficacy is an important predictor of spine-related behavior among adults. this article aimed to assess the self-efficacy toward healthy spine-related behavior among schoolchildren in iran.method and materials: a cross-sectional study was done in region 22 of capital tehran, iran , through a simple random sampling method. in this regard, 104 schoolchildren participated in the study. to collect data, a self-reported questionnaire was used. descriptive/ analytical statistical analysis was applied. chi-square test was used to obtain relationship between self-efficacy and participants characterizes. the data was analyzed by spss version 24.findings: in all, 104 female elementary schoolchildren who were studying in 5th grade participated in this study. the findings demonstrated that the rate of back pain during last week was 23.1% (n=24). only, 16.3% (n=17) of participants had a high level of self-efficacy. there were significant relationships  between father’s job (p=0.019) and presence of back pain (p=0.048) with self-efficacy.conclusions: perceived self-efficacy toward healthy spine-related behavior was needed to be improved among schoolchildren by applying potential change strategies in educational program.