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Background: Self-efficacy is associated with health status, health behaviour and health behaviour change in various chronic health conditions.

Purpose: To describe self-efficacy in relation to Activities of daily living and symptom management in people with dizziness.

Material and methods: Thirteen women and three men, aged 45–82 years, with persistent dizziness (duration 4 months to 30 years) were recruited from an outpatient physiotherapy unit. A qualitative study was conducted using four focus groups and one individual interview and was then analysed with qualitative content analysis.

Results: The participants conveyed, in-depth information concerning two predefined main categories. Self-efficacy in Activities of daily living was related to challenging body positions and motions, environments, social activities, work tasks, and complex cognitive behaviours. Self-efficacy in symptom management was related …