Self-efficacy and anxiety in female hospital healthcare workers

INTRODUCTION In this research, the objective was to learn the correlation between perceived self-efficacy and anxiety in a sample of hospital workers. The hypothesis predicts that workers with less anxiety will have higher levels of perceived self-efficacy, whereas workers with significant anxiety will have lower levels of general and social self-efficacy. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 240 female hospital health workers responded to the questionnaires. The measuring instruments used were an inventory to measure anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory) and a self-efficacy questionnaire (Self-Efficacy Scale). RESULTS