The Relationship Between General Self-Efficacy And Perceived Social Support With Quality Of Life In Pregnant Women Referred To Health Comprehensive Centers of Sanandaj 2018

Introduction: Pregnancy is a natural and pleasant phenomenon for most of the women, but often as a vulnerable and stressful period, it can change their quality. The purpose of doing this study was to determine the relationship between general self-efficacy and perceived social support in quality of life in pregnant women referring to Sanandaj comprehensive health centers Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive-correlational study which conducted on 480 pregnant women referring to Sanandaj comprehensive health centers in 2018. The pregnant women with selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. The data gathering tools in this study were a two-part questionnaire for demographic, and three World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaires, Schwartzer and Jerousal s general self-efficacy and a multi-dimensional social support perceived scale. Data were analyzed using 21th version of SPSS software , descriptive statistics, paired t-test and Pearson s correlation coefficient.Results: The findings showed that the average score for quality of life was 95.93, the average self-efficacy score was 28/14 and the mean social support score was 47.76. Pearson s correlation test showed that there is a significant relationship between general self-efficacy and perceived social support with the quality of life of the pregnant women, that with an increase in the rate of self-efficacy and perceived social support, the mean scores for quality of life have increased. r= 00.54, (p<0/001)Conclusion: The results of this study showed that general self-efficacy and perceived social support have a significant relationship with the quality of life of the pregnant women. Hence, the design and implementation of educational interventions to increase the social support and self-efficacy as well as quality of life in pregnant women is recommended.

Keywords:

pregnancy , quality of life , general self-efficacy , perceived social support