Relationship between general health and self-efficacy in women referred to health center No.2 in Chaloos (2012)

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. 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). 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. 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.