The relationship between health locus of control and quality of life in patients with chronic low back pain

Abstract

Quality of life was negatively influenced in the patients with low back pain who had chance health locus of control. LOC is an important parameter in evaluation and treatment of patients with LBP.

Locus of control, depression and quality of life among persons with sickle cell disease in Jamaica

“…Some research has linked individuals' predominant LOC orientation (internal, external, etc. ) to depression (a constellation of symptoms including low mood, drive and energy) (Benassi, Sweeney, & Dufour, 1988) and to quality of life (QOL) (the extent to which persons experience a sense of well being) (Ginieri-Coccossis, Theofilou, Synodinou, Tomaras, & Soldatos, 2008;Sengul, Kara, & Arda, 2010). However, these issues have not been well researched in persons with SCD.…”

“…LOC has also been explored for an association with QOL. For example, in patients with chronic lower back pain (Sengul et al, 2010) and chronic renal failure (Ginieri-Coccossis et al, 2008), there has been an association between "chance" LOC (one of the dimensions of external LOC) and poorer QOL.…”

Factorial analysis of the Multidimensional Health Locus of control scale: form C for elderly

“…Subjects with a ILC preferential perception have been found to have better ability to control the pain and to perceive health in a positive ways. They better adhere to treatments focused on recommendations and change of habits, use more copping strategies focused on the problem and show higher functional, psychological, and social integration capacities 10,14,16,21,25 . In this context, the development and adequacy of instruments that assess aspects of perception of chronic pain in elderly become relevant 1,11 .…”

Turkish validity and reliability of Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale Form A

“…In addition, the MHLC Form A has been used in many nursing studies, including investigating the effectiveness of treatment in patients with chronic low back pain (Keedy, Keffala, Altmaier, & Chen, 2014;Sengul, Kara, & Arda, 2010), assessing how schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives (caregivers) understand each other, and the therapeutic interventions used to help them (Thakral, Bhatia, Gettig, Nimgaonkar, & Deshpande, 2014), and analysing the success of family-oriented psycho-education (cognitive and behavioural) interventions (Goldbeck & Bundschuh, 2007). Demonstration of its validity and reliability in the Turkish translation is therefore important.…”