Pakistan is one of among those countries where a lot of females become the victim of stroke every year. This serious problem may be overcome by females’ more and more involvement in physical activities and exercise.  Objective of study was to assess the self-perceived barriers related to physical activity and exercise in females after stroke. A study of cross-sectional nature was performed on a sample of post stoke females, which were selected from Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital, Gujrat and THQ, Wazirabad . Informed consent was obtained from the female participants before collecting the data and measurement. A self-efficacy scale (SES) questionnaire consisting of 9 items was used with each item had values ranging from 0 to 10. This questionnaire was circulated for obtaining information related self-perceived barriers to exercise among female patients after stroke. The values of self-efficacy scale from 0 to 5 were indicators of no confidence and the values of self-efficacy scale from 6 to 10 were demonstrators of confidence. Chi-square test was also used as an inferential statistics to find the statistical significance difference. All results were calculated at 95% confidence interval and p-value≤0.05 was considered as significant value. Data were analyzed of 282 post stroke females. Out of total (n=282), average age and body mass index of participants were observed 37.75±6.68 years and 22.00±2.81 Kg/m².Out of all susceptible barriers among stroke females , weather condition, bore from activity, felling pain, doing exercise alone, busy schedule, felling stress and felling depressed during exercise were diagnosed potential barriers

Keywords: Barriers, Stroke, Self-efficacy, Body Mass Index (BMI)