TY - JOUR AU - Wantiyah, Wantiyah AU - Putri Rivani, Firda Romadhonia AU - Hakam, Mulia PY - 2020/10/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - THE CORRELATION BETWEEN RELIGIOSITY AND SELF-EFFICACY IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE JF - Belitung Nursing Journal JA - Belitung Nurs J VL - 6 IS - 5 SE - Original Research Article DO - 10.33546/bnj.1134 UR - https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/1134 SP - 172-176 AB - <p><strong>Background:</strong> In managing life with coronary artery disease, having self-efficacy is considered important. Self-efficacy reduces risk factors for coronary artery disease by encouraging the self-control process. The involvement of religiosity aspects can be a motivation to increase self-efficacy in maintaining an individual’s health status.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to examine the correlation between religiosity and self-efficacy in patients with coronary artery disease.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a correlational study with a cross-sectional approach involving 112 respondents selected using an accidental sampling method in a hospital at Jember District, East Java, Indonesia. Data were collected from December 2019 to January 2020 using the Religiosity Scale and Cardiac Self-Efficacy (CSE). The Spearman’s rank test was used to analyze data.</p><p class="Body"><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed that the respondents’ religiosity had a median value of 3.84 (min-max: 3.00-4.00), while the median value of self-efficacy was 3.60 (min-max: 2.90-4.00). There was a significant correlation between religiosity and self-efficacy (<em>p</em> = &lt;0.001,<em> r</em> = 0.540, <em>α</em> = 0.05).</p><p class="Body"><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The moderate positive correlation between religiosity and self-efficacy indicated that the higher value of religiosity leads to a higher value of self-efficacy. The religious value through rituals of prayer or meditation could increase the self-efficacy of patients with coronary artery disease. Nurses are recommended to maintain the religiosity of patients at a good level to improve their self-efficacy and maintain the optimal health status.</p> ER -