title: Self-efficacy and physical activity in children with congenital heart disease: is there a relationship?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the relationship between self-efficacy and physical activity in 10- to 14-year-old children with congenital heart disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study using self-report instruments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 84 participants, self-efficacy scores were similar to those published for healthy adolescents, 30.8 as compared with 29.4. Physical activity participation as prescribed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was low (38%). Self-efficacy scores were moderately correlated with physical activity participation (r = .47; p < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions are needed to increase physical activity in this high-risk group. Interventions that focus on self-efficacy may be particularly helpful given the link between self-efficacy and physical activity.
authors: Ambulatory Care Services, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. raytd@archildrens.org
authors: Trenda D
authors: TD
authors: Ray
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Henry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D020377:Self Efficacy; D014481:United States