Advanced Biomedical Research 2277-9175 2017 May 2017 05 01 Relationship between Self-efficacy and Physical Activity, Medication Adherence in Chronic Disease Patients 1 7 28062 EN Seyde Shahrbanoo Daniali Department of Health, Student Research Center, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Firooze Mostafavi Darani Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Ahmad Ali Eslami Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Mohammad Mazaheri Department of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Journal Article 2023 02 20 <strong>Background:</strong> The global epidemic of unhealthy lifestyle causes to increase chronic disease. It has been proven that psychological factors such as self-efficacy are responsible to success in the process of lifestyle change. Low self-efficacy is usually related to low level of physical activity and medication adherence. Objective of the study was to investigate the effects of self-efficacy, other physical symptoms on physical activity and medication adherence in patients with chronic illness in public health centers. <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> A cross-sectional study was conducted on 483 patients with chronic diseases attended to governmental health care centers in Isfahan. Participants were chosen by systematic random sampling. Inclusion criteria were having a chronic illness at least 6-month ago while prescription of medication and willing to take part in the survey. The parts of Stanford Self-management Questionnaire were used. Data were analyzed by SPSS 18 software using the descriptive and analytic statistics. <em>P</em> <0.05 was considered significant. <strong>Results:</strong> Mean age of participants was 54.8 (7.22) years. The half of participants had low self-efficacy and 87.2% had low physical activity. Nearly 80% of patients had a good medication adherence. There was a significant relationship between self-efficacy and physical activity (<em>P</em> = 0.336, β = 1.01, <em>P</em>< 0.001). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Although chronic disease patients had a good medication adherence, other self-care behaviors such as physical activity has been neglected. It is seemed that concentration on psychological factors such as self-efficacy should be considered as a proximal factor to improve self-care. https://advbiores.mui.ac.ir/article_28062_0a6ad41f086b7d5700c2cc9e937bd348.pdf