Our study showed that subjects’ level of cardiac self-efficacy was moderate.
This finding was congruent with those of previous studies (Sarkar et al. 2007, 2009).
Cardiac self-efficacy is an important factor in initiating and maintaining health behaviours,
which leads to a decreased recurrence of cardiac events and improved cardiac functions
such as left ventricular EF in patients with CADs (Sarkar et al. 2009).
Thus,
individualised strategies improving cardiac self-efficacy should be developed.