ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the relationship between self efficacy and fall efficacy in patients with stroke.Methods The falls efficacy scale-international (FES-I) and the stroke self-efficacy questionnaire(SSEQ) were applied to 300 patients with stroke.Results The FES-I score of the participants was 39.13± 16.40,the scores of the indoor activity dimension and outdoor activity dimension were (26.01 ± 11.13) and (18.33 ± 7.76),respectively.The total mean score of SSEQ was (40.11 ± 22.37),the scores of the activity function dimension and self-management dimension were (24.97± 14.40)and (15.14±8.35),respectively.FES-I scores were positively correlated with SSEQ scores (r=0.550-0.802,P＜0.05).Falls efficacy could explain 34.3％ and 36.8％ variation amount for each dimension of self-efficacy in patients with stroke.Conclusion Falls efficacy is closely related to self-efficacy in patients with stroke.In order to improve the quality of medical care,medical staff should pay attention to the occurrences of reduction of self-efficacy and selfesteem in patients with stroke when they avoid falling during some activities.