%0 Journal Article %T Self-efficacy strategies to improve exercise in patients with heart failure: A systematic review %J ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal %I Cardiovascular research institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences %Z 1735-3955 %A Rajati, Fatemeh %A Sadeghi, Masoumeh %A Feizi, Awat %A Sharifirad, Golamreza %A Hasandokht, Tolu %A Mostafavi, Firoozeh %D 2014 %\ 11/01/2014 %V 10 %N 6 %P 319-333 %! Self-efficacy strategies to improve exercise in patients with heart failure: A systematic review %K Self-Efficacy %K Heart Failure %K Exercise %R %X BACKGROUND: Despite exercise is recommended as an adjunct to medication therapy in patients with heart failure (HF), non-adherence to exercise is a major problem. While improving self-efficacy is an effective way to increase physical activity, the evidence concerning the relationship between strategies to enhance self-efficacy and exercise among HF has not been systematically reviewed. The objective of this systematic review is to assess the effect of interventions to change the self-efficacy on exercise in patients with HF. METHODS: A systematic database search was conducted for articles reporting exercise self-efficacy interventions. Databases such as PubMed, ProQuest, CINAHL, Scopus, and PsycINFO, and the Cochrane Library were searched with restrictions to the years 2000-June 2014. A search of relevant databases identified 10 studies. Published randomized controlled intervention studies focusing strategies to change self-efficacy to exercise adherence in HF were eligible for inclusion. In addition, studies that have applied self-efficacy-based interventions to improve exercise are discussed. RESULTS: Limited published data exist evaluating the self-efficacy strategies to improve exercise in HF. Dominant strategies to improve patients’ self-efficacy were performance accomplishments, vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, emotional arousal. CONCLUSION: Evidence from some trials supports the view that incorporating the theory of self-efficacy into the design of an exercise intervention is beneficial. Moreover, exercise interventions aimed at integrating the four strategies of exercise self-efficacy can have positive effects on confidence and the ability to initiate exercise and recover HF symptoms. Findings of this study suggest that a positive relationship exists between self-efficacy and initiating and maintaining exercise in HF, especially in the short-term period.  %U https://arya.mui.ac.ir/article_10445_bf195c99895b323247b580ea17472016.pdf