Pourhoseinzadeh Mansour, Gheibizadeh Mahin, Moradikalboland Mehrnaz
Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Int J Community Based Nurs Midwifery. 2017 Oct;5(4):397-407.
Health locus of control defined as individual beliefs based on past experiences in health issues and having external or internal control over them, could affect health. Health locus of control plays a role in health behaviors. We aimed to investigate the relationship between health locus of control and health behavior in emergency medical personnel in Ahvaz during 2016.
This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, which began in August 2016 for a period of six months on 215 emergency medical personnel in Ahvaz who were selected randomly. The data were collected by a demographic questionnaire, Rotter's locus of control questionnaire, and health behavior questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software, version 22. The correlation between variables was estimated by Pearson's correlation coefficient and independent t test. The level of significance for all statistical tests was set at 0.05.
We found no significant relationship between health locus of control (external and internal) and health behavior (P>0.05).Health behaviors were very good in terms of personal health (86.5%), nutrition (53%), and sleep and rest (48.4%), and poor in terms of physical activity (52.6%) and stress management (79.5%). Furthermore, 79.5% of the emergency personnel, in general, had poor heath behaviors.
Leaders and officials in the field of health must necessarily design programs in relation to health locus of control and the factors developing and affecting it as well as the role of health locus of control in doing correct behaviors.
健康控制点被定义为基于过去健康问题经历的个人信念，以及对这些问题具有外部或内部控制，它可能会影响健康。健康控制点在健康行为中发挥作用。我们旨在调查2016年阿瓦士急救医疗人员的健康控制点与健康行为之间的关系。
这是一项横断面描述性研究，于2016年8月开始，为期六个月，对阿瓦士随机选取的215名急救医疗人员进行研究。数据通过人口统计学问卷、罗特控制点问卷和健康行为问卷收集，并使用SPSS 22软件进行分析。变量之间的相关性通过皮尔逊相关系数和独立t检验进行估计。所有统计检验的显著性水平设定为0.05。
我们发现健康控制点（外部和内部）与健康行为之间无显著关系（P>0.05）。在个人健康（86.5%）、营养（53%）以及睡眠和休息（48.4%）方面，健康行为非常良好；而在身体活动（52.6%）和压力管理（79.5%）方面则较差。此外，总体而言，79.5%的急救人员健康行为较差。
卫生领域的领导人和官员必须设计与健康控制点、发展和影响它的因素以及健康控制点在正确行为中的作用相关的项目。
