DOES SELF-EFFICACY AFFECTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE; A CORRELATIONAL STUDY

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Jami Ur Rahman
Javed Iqbal
Dr Maliha B. Thapur
Amir sultan
Nazia shuaib
Nasir Ali
Sheraz khan
Hussain Ahmed

Keywords

Quality of life, health competency, self-efficacy, nursing students, correlational study

Abstract

Background: A high-quality education gives students a broad range of talents and the chance to excel in their future achievements within society. The purpose of the study was to evaluate self-efficacy and quality of life quality among nursing students.


Methodology: Using a cross-sectional descriptive methodology, the study was carried out in the nursing institutes of Khyber Pukhtankhwa between August to October 2023. With a basic random sampling procedure, 471 students made up the sample size. Data were gathered using a self-efficacy and quality of life questionnaire, and analysis was done using SPSS 20.0.


Results: Of the 471 participants in the survey, male made up the majority (65%) as opposed to female students (35%). The vast majority of students had a high level of self-efficacy (73%), which was followed by an average level (17%), and a very small percentage (10%) had a low level.  The high self-efficacy level of Male students (48.4%), and female was (24.6%). The behavior domain mean score was high (4.3 ± 1.2) then outcome domain (3.4 ± 0.99), while the overall self-efficacy score was 3.9 ± 1.0. Quality of life of the participants was good having mean score of (3.6 ± 0.57), while school environment mean score in domains was high (3.9 ± 0.95), and psychological domain was lower (3.2 ± 0.52).


Conclusion:


The study concluded that Self-efficacy is strongly associated with age and college status, while not associated with gender and nursing education program. The quality of life was significantly no difference between the groups in gender, age, program and college status. Furthermore Self-efficacy is negative weakly correlated with quality of life.

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