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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Print version ISSN 0120-0011
Abstract
MEDINA-GARZON, Mauricio and RUBIANO, Yurian Lida. Self-efficacy after myocardial infarction. rev.fac.med. [online]. 2017, vol.65, n.2, pp.261-266. ISSN 0120-0011. https://doi.org/10.15446/revfacmed.v65n2.57893.
Introduction:
After an acute myocardial infarction, patients experience high levels of emotional stress and anxiety, which limit healthy behaviors.
Objective:
To determine the general level of self-efficacy in post-acute myocardial infarction patients according to age, sex, rehabilitation status and care in a cardiology unit of Girardot.
Materials and methods:
Descriptive study in which the general scale of self-efficacy version II was used in a population of 149 people aged between 35 and 65 years. Descriptive statistical measures and correlation tests were used to perform the statistical analysis of the results.
Results:
The average age of the participants was 52. The analysis by age group showed a minimal incidence. A sex analysis showed that men perceive themselves as more self-efficacious than women. In addition, patients who did not attend cardiac rehabilitation had a slightly higher overall self-efficacy rate compared to rehabilitated patients.
Conclusions:
There was no correlation between age, sex, and rehabilitation versus the self-efficacy level. In fact, these variables depended on others not considered in this study.
Keywords : Myocardial Infarction; Self-efficacy; Rehabilitation Nursing (MeSH).