The Relationship between Spiritual Health and Self-efficacy in Pregnant Women Referred to Rural Health Centers of Uremia in 2015

Spiritual health is an important aspect of health that can lead to the concept of
meaning in life, hope and relaxation within the individual. Given the importance of spiritual health
during pregnancy the spiritual health of pregnant women and its impact on the predicted efficacy as
an important factor in health-related behaviors were examined.
Materials and Methods: This Descriptive study was conducted on 200 pregnant women referred to
rural health centers of Uremia using random cluster sampling during 2015. Spiritual health was
assessed with Ellison-Paloutzian questionnaire and self-efficacy was assessed with Sheerer general
self-efficacy questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA test and linear regression methods
were used to analyze the data
Results: The results of this study showed that %43.4 of pregnant women had moderate Spiritual
health and %56/6 had a high spiritual score. Also, the mean score of self-efficacy was 63.73 8.84.
Using analysis of variance showed that the spiritual health had significant relationship with job,
gestational age and marriage age. Also, there was a significant relationship between self-efficacy
and gestational age and marriage age. (p<0.05). The results showed that the spiritual health of
pregnant women and self-efficacy had significant (p<0.001) positive correlation (r=0.79).
Regression analysis showed that spiritual health significantly predicted 0.62 variance of selfefficacy for pregnant women.
Conclusion: The findings of the study support that spiritual health is a tool for predicting selfefficacy among pregnant women. So, it should be considered in promoting spiritual well-being of
pregnant women and improving their self-efficacy