Medication Self-efficacy and Its Related Factors: A Cross-sectional Study on Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in North East of Iran

Background: Patients with coronary artery diseases (CAD) use a wide spectrum of medications; hence, strategies are needed to increase their adherence. In this line, identifying factors associated with medication selfefficacy can be useful.[Objectives]The current study aimed to investigate medication selfefficacy and its related factors in patients with CAD in the northeast of Iran.[Methods]In this crosssectional study, 104 patients with CAD hospitalized in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the northeast of Iran are studied. Participants were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were collected using Demographic and clinical information form, Information Satisfaction questionnaire (ISQ), and SelfEfficacy for Appropriate Medication Use scales (SEAMS). Data were analyzed by SPSS version 22 using descriptive statistics and multiple regression test.[Results]The mean age of patients was 52.3 ± 8.8 years. The mean medication selfefficacy score was 24.9 ± 9.5 (out of 39). Multiple regression showed a linear and significant association between information satisfaction, income, medications used in the last month, information about the nature of the disease, doctors as a preferred source of information, nurses, family members, internet and social networks as the most information sources used by patients, with medication selfefficacy (R = 0.907, P lt; 0.001). These variables could explain 82.2% of the selfefficacy variance.[Conclusions]Based on the result, it can be argued that in designing and implementing educational interventions aimed to promote medication selfefficacy in patients with CAD, individuals with lower income and under longterm medication treatment should receive more support. Educational programs should emphasize more on explaining the nature of the disease to the patients, and physicians should be more involved in educating patients.