Background: Women's
health is the base of family and society's health. Self-efficacy is one of the
factors which would lead to promotion of general health in women.
Methods: In this
descriptive cross-sectional- analytical study, general health status of 130
women referring to health center No.2 in Chalus were selected by simple random
sampling. They were asked to complete a standard General health questionnaire
(GHQ-28) and standard Self-efficacy questionnaire (General Self-Efficacy
Scale-GSE) (Schwartzer & Jerusalem).
Results: Mean and
standard deviation of general health and self-efficacy were 20.92±14.09
(desirable) and 29.76±6.07 (moderate).Also 34.6% of women complained from
physical symptoms 36.2% had anxiety and sleep disorder 53.1% had impairment
in social functioning and 14.6% had some symptoms that indicated depression.
In general, 27% of women had some kind of health problems. There were
signification relationship between general health and marital status, between
marital status and depression, and between general health and self-efficacy.
Conclusions: General
health and self-efficacy in these women are inadequate and planning educational
program for promoting general health based on self-efficacy theory is
necessary.
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