Association between Self-Efficacy, Perceived Social Support and Quality of Life in Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study

Quality of life is an essential part of the evaluation of health status. As an independent factor، cardiovascular disease has negative effect on the quality of life in such patients. However، the general self-efficacy and perceived social support can help patient to better cope with the mental and physical condition from the disease and improve their quality of life. The preset study aimed to investigate the effect of general efficacy and perceived social support on quality of life in cardiovascular patients. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 116 cardiovascular patients who hospitalized in Ilam، Iran. Data were collected with the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-Bref) questionnaire، general self efficacy and perceived social support questionnaires. Findings showed that 35. 3% of the participants in the study were male and 64. 7% were female. 82. 2% were married، and 17. 2% were single. According to the results، 2. 6% of the patients assessed their current quality of life very poor، 3. 4 % poor، 29. 3% intermediate، 50. 9 % good and 13. 8% very good. Besides، 4. 3% of the patients were very dissatisfied with their current health status، 11. 2% dissatisfied، 32. 2% neither satisfied nor dissatisfied، 44. 8% satisfied and 9. 5 % were very satisfied. Average score in physical health dimension was 22. 18 ± 3. 32، environmental health dimension 19. 49 ± 4. 79، mental health dimension 10. 79 ± 3. 26، and social relationship dimension 25. 76 ± 5. 08. Furthermore، findings indicated that general self-efficacy average score was 26. 97 and for social support was 25. 02. Result showed a significant association between the general self-efficacy and perceived social support. As increasing general self-efficacy and perceived social support، physical health، environmental health، mental health and social relationships increased accordingly (P > 0. 05). General self-efficacy and perceived social support have important role in improve quality of life. Designing and implementing educational interventions to increase social support and general self-efficacy in patients with cardiovascular disease is recommended.