Demographics, health literacy and health locus of control beliefs of Australian women who take complementary medicine products during pregnancy and breastfeeding: A cross‐sectional, online, national survey

Chronic conditions (CCs) management during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on patient activation (PA) and health locus of control (HLOC) remain unknown. This cross-sectional online survey study examined the role of COVID-19 pandemic-related worry or fear in PA and HLOC among patients with CCs. Individuals with CCs (n = 300) were recruited through MTurk Amazon. The questionnaire included sociodemographic questions, the Patient Activation Measure, and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control–Form B. Out of the 300 participants, 9.7% were diagnosed with COVID-19, and 7.3% were hospitalized. Patients with cancer, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, drug abuse/substance abuse, and stroke reported significant difficulties in managing their CCs due to worry or fear because of COVID-19. More than half of the sample (45.7%) reported COVID-19-related worry or fear about managing their CCs, and these patients had lower PA and lower external HLOC compared to patients not affected by COVID-19-related worry or fear. Health professionals should provide more support for patients facing difficulties in managing their CCs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Health-related quality of life and health locus of control beliefs among HIV-infected treated patients

Journal of Psychosomatic Research ◽

10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.06.005 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 59 (6) ◽

pp. 407-413 ◽

Cited By ~ 30

Author(s):

Marie Préau ◽

Emmanuelle Vincent ◽

Bruno Spire ◽

Véronique Reliquet ◽

Isabelle Fournier ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Locus Of Control ◽

Health Locus Of Control ◽

Control Beliefs ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related

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Health Locus of Control Beliefs and Attitudes Toward People With AIDS

Australian Psychologist ◽

10.1080/00050069208257606 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 172-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Patrick Heaven ◽

John Connors ◽

Allan Kellehear

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Health Locus Of Control ◽

Control Beliefs ◽

Beliefs And Attitudes

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The Correlation Between Motivation and Health Locus of Control with Adherence Dietary of Diabetes Mellitus

Jurnal NERS ◽

10.20473/jn.v13i2.9700 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 171

Author(s):

Kusnanto Kusnanto ◽

Retno Dwi Susanti ◽

Lailatun Ni'mah ◽

Hakim Zulkarnain

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Health Locus Of Control ◽

Self Regulation ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Health Centers ◽

Dietary Adherence ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Diet Adherence ◽

Cross Sectional Design ◽

Multidimensional Health

Introduction: Controlling blood sugar can be done by dietary adherence of DM. To control glycemic, it is necessary to have motivation and health locus of control to face boredom in dietary adherence of DM. The aim was to analyse the correlation between motivation and health locus of control with dietary adherence of DM.Methods: Cross-sectional design was conducted and involved 106 respondents from five public health centers in Surabaya selected by random sampling. Data were collected by questionnaire Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ), Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales” (MHLC), and Diet Adherence. The analysis data was using statistical Spearman rho (α ≤ 0.05).Results: There was no correlation between motivation and dietary adherence (p=0.178), and there was a correlation between health locus of control with dietary adherence (p = 0.002).Conclusion: According to analysis, it can be concluded that motivation is influenced by many things to the role the forming of patient behavior in dietary adherence of DM while health locus of control has an influence to dietary adherence of DM. Because of that, it is necessary to increase the factor that influences the behavior of DM control. One of it is health locus of control. So that the glycemic control with dietary adherence of DM can increase and be better.

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